Patent · US Expired

Image processing device and monitoring system

US7161616B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 2000
Grant dateJan 9, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2200/32
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A synthetic image viewed from a virtual point of view above a vehicle is generated, using images captured by a plurality of cameras shooting surroundings of the vehicle. In the synthetic image, an illustration image or an actual image of the vehicle is displayed in a vehicle region in which the vehicle is present. The area around the vehicle that is not shot by any of the cameras is displayed as a blind spot region.

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