In a vehicle periphery visual confirming apparatus 1A, the vertical angle portion 5 of a prism 4 is chamfered by cutting away the vertical angle adjacent areas 5L, 5R, and light rays 18R (18L) entering the portion of the prism 4, where the vertical angle a...

In a vehicle periphery visual confirmation apparatus, between the vertical angle portion 5 of a prism 4 and the front end portion 28 of a case 3A is interposed a light shield portion 3a which shields light rays crossing substantially in the right and left ...

A prism for reflecting rays of light 17L and 17R incident from left and right image pick-up directions on the rear side of the direction of travel A is disposed in parallel to the vertical direction of a vehicle. The image pick-up optical axis of an image ...

An apparatus for watching around a vehicle comprises an image pick-up unit 3 mounted on the exterior of a vehicle and a display unit 4 providedwithin the vehicle and used for displaying left and right images of the surrounding of the vehicle thus picked up...