Vehicle surroundings monitoring device, and image production method/program
US7110021B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S5/16
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A synthesized image showing the situation around a vehicle is produced from images taken with cameras capturing the surroundings of the vehicle and presented to a display. A position computation section computes position information and the reliability of the position information, for a plurality of points in the camera images. An image variable-synthesis section produces a first synthesized image from the camera images using the position information. An image fixed-synthesis section produces a second synthesized image by road surface projection, for example, without use of the position information. A synthesis scheme selection section selects either one of the first and second synthesized images according to the reliability as the synthesized image to be presented.
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