Abstract: There are provided with an image area setting unit which causes each pixel included in a photographed photograph-image to be a correction target pixel in order, and sets an image area including the correction target pixel and plural pixels existing near the correction target pixel, a prescribed value calculation processing unit which calculates a prescribed value based on brightness information of pixels included in the image area for every image area which has been set, and a brightness adjusting processing unit which divides a brightness target value of the whole photograph-image by the prescribed value to calculate a correction value, and multiplies the brightness information of the correction target pixel by the correction value to execute a brightness correction processing.

Abstract: The present invention can finely arrange p+-type diffusion layers and n+-type diffusion layers. A p+-type diffusion layer 2 and an n+-type diffusion layer 3 are simultaneously formed on a back surface 1a of a semiconductor substrate 1 in a state that the p+-type diffusion layer 2 and the n+-type diffusion layer 3 are arranged close to each other, and a back surface la side of the semiconductor substrate 1 on which outer end portions of the p+-type diffusion layers 2 and the n+-type diffusion layers 3 are brought into contact with each other is removed thus separating the p+-type diffusion layer 2 and the n+-type diffusion layer 3 from each other and hence, the p+-type diffusion layer 2 and the n+-type diffusion layer 3 can be separately arranged in a state that the p+-type diffusion layer 2 and the n+-type diffusion layer 3 are arranged close to each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying an image of a blind spot area to which driver's view is obstructed by a pillar, includes: an monitor on the pillar; a camera to take an image of a peripheral area including the blind spot area; and an image converting device to convert the camera image and create an output image to be displayed on the monitor. The image converting device sets in the peripheral area a reference surface defined as a surface of a sphere around a reference point at which the driver's eye point is assumed to exist; obtains positions of intersecting points at which half-lines extending from the reference point and passing through respective screen pixels of the monitor intersect with the reference surface; identifies pixels of the camera image corresponding to the respective intersecting points based on the camera's parameters; and creates the output image using data of the identified pixels.

Abstract: A system which provides a driver with an image obtained by photographing an area around a vehicle, the system comprising: a photographing unit which photographs an area around the vehicle which is out of the driver's line of sight because of a structure of the vehicle; an image processing unit which processes an image of the area around the vehicle photographed by the photographing unit; and a display unit which displays the image processed by the image processing unit, wherein the image processing unit performs coordinate transformation for the image photographed by the photographing unit based on information of a point-of-sight position of the driver and information of a setting state of the display unit to display an image the same as a view of the outside of the vehicle as is directly seen from the point-of-sight position of the driver through a setting area of the display unit.

Abstract: A vehicle periphery video providing apparatus performs coordinate conversion for a video shot by a shooting device so that the same video as in a case where a vehicle outside is visible from an eye point position of a driver in such a manner that an installed area of a liquid crystal display becomes transparent can be displayed on the liquid crystal display.

Abstract: An image processor is disclosed for a vehicle having a plurality of cameras and a monitor that displays a panoramic image derived from multiple images generated by the plurality of cameras. The processor includes input buffers for storing camera image data captured through respective camera modules and output buffer for storing a panoramic image. The camera image data for generating the panoramic image are retrieved from input buffers. The camera image data are stored in an output buffer using an reconfigured address conversion table. The reconfigured address conversion table is an address conversion table which is obtained by reconfiguring an address conversion table when camera modules are assumed to be free of vehicle installation errors. The reconfiguration is performed on the basis of parameters which are used to correct vehicle installation errors of camera modules.

Abstract: A video signal processing device, which includes: a plurality of imaging devices outputting mutually asynchronous interlace video signals; input buffers temporarily storing field by field the video signals outputted from the respective imaging devices; and an output image generating device generating field by field video signals of output target images from the video signals stored in the input buffers, wherein each of the video signals of the output target images is generated when all of the latest video signals to be components thereof are stored in the input buffers.

Abstract: An image processing device is provided with an input section through which input image data is inputted from an image pickup device that is obtained by picking up an image of a circumference, a storage section storing an address conversion table describing a relation between address information of the input image data and address information of display image data corresponding to a display resolution, an image processing section processing the input image data to cut out image data, corresponding to the display resolution, from the input image data upon referring to the address conversion table, so as to allow address information of the resultant cut out image data to be converted to address information of the display image data, and an output section outputting the display image data to the display. An address space of the address information of the input image data has a size greater in a height direction or a width direction than that of the display image data.

Abstract: A communications network system which is capable of continuously performing a normal communications of data on a communication cable. A Navigation unit 30 transmits an intersection data having ID0001 to an automatic transmission control unit 10 via communications cable. A gateway 50 which accepts communications from an information system network B to a control system network A is intervened on a communications line between both networks. When detecting a sending data having an ID code of ID0001, gateway 50 compares its communication period 0 of the data with previously stored communications period. If they are coincident with each other, the communications from network B to network A is enabled. If communications periods are incoincident with each other, the ID code when the intersection data is transmitted is changed to ID0110 and communications enabling (accepting) ID code by gateway is also changed from ID0001 to ID0110.

Abstract: An image conversion device connected to multiple image detection mechanisms generating field image data of the surroundings and having multiple input buffers for each of the multiple image detection mechanisms, which, in parallel, stores, moves, performs conversion processing and displays said field image data in 1 field units in accordance with a display template in pattern memory, thereby reducing the total delay time from field image generation to display to the driver.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides an apparatus for converting images of vehicle surroundings that includes, at least one camera configured to start, upon receiving a synchronizing signal, photographing the surroundings of a vehicle and outputting image data representative of the photographs, an output memory configured to store image data to be displayed on a display installed in the vehicle, a pattern memory configured to store destination addresses of the output memory, and an image converter configured to generate the synchronizing signal, obtain the image data from the camera, and transfer part or the whole of the image data to the output memory according to the destination addresses stored in the pattern memory.

Abstract: A communications network system which is capable of continuously performing a normal communications of data on a communication cable. A Navigation unit 30 transmits an intersection data having ID0001 to an automatic transmission control unit 10 via communications cable. A gateway 50 which accepts communications from an information system network B to a control system network A is intervened on a communications line between both networks. When detecting a sending data having an ID code of ID0001, gateway 50 compares its communication period 0 of the data with previously stored communications period. If they are coincident with each other, the communications from network B to network A is enabled. If communications periods are incoincident with each other, the ID code when the intersection data is transmitted is changed to ID0110 and communications enabling (accepting) ID code by gateway is also changed from ID0001 to ID0110.

Abstract: In information communication system and method applicable to an in-vehicle networking architecture, at least one first electronic equipment which is enabled to serve another electronic equipment with its function and at least one second electronic equipment which is enabled to make use of a function which another electronic equipment serves are connected to a common communication bus (network). An equipment managing apparatus connected to the common communication bus stores a function serving information representing the function that the first electronic equipment can serve and a making-use-of function information representing the function of which the second electronic equipment can make use. If both contents of the function serving information and the making-use-of function information are coincident with each other, the second electronic equipment makes use of the function of the first electronic equipment.

Abstract: An efficient method is proposed for the preparation of a silicon single crystal wafer for discrete semiconductor devices, such as transistors, deeply doped with a dopant on one surface, the other surface being mirror-polished.

Abstract: In a method of preparing a diffused silicon device substrate for use in the fabrication of a MOS power device, a drive-in diffusion step is followed by a thermal donor formation heat treatment which is achieved by heating the silicon device substrate at a temperature from 400.degree. to 500.degree. C. for 1 to 20 hours and in a gas atmosphere containing oxygen gas, and subsequently a thermal donor formation retarding heat treatment is performed by heating the silicon device substrate at a temperature of from 600.degree. to 700.degree. C. for 8 to 24 hours in a gas atmosphere containing oxygen gas.