Vehicle vicinity image-processing apparatus and recording medium
US7317813B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60T2201/10
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a vehicle vicinity image-processing apparatus and a recording medium capable of deducing a scene having left the field of vision of a camera mounted on the rear of a vehicle and drawing an image of the area behind the vehicle which includes this deduced part. An image-processing unit 5 first coordinate-converts a picked-up image to create a bird's-eye view image. Two chronologically consecutive bird's-eye view images are created as the bird's-eye view image, and a matching area of the two images is extracted. On the basis of this matching area, a moved area which has left the present field of vision of the camera 1 is extracted. An image of the matching area and the moved area is then drawn on a monitor 3. By this means, it is possible to draw an image including a scene which has left the present field of vision of the camera 1.
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