Vehicle-use visual field assistance system in which information dispatch apparatus transmits images of blind spots to vehicles
US8179241B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/164
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A camera of a ground-based information dispatch apparatus captures a blind-spot image, showing a region that is a blind spot with respect to a vehicle driver. A vehicle-mounted camera captures a forward-view image corresponding to the viewpoint of the driver, and the forward-view image is transmitted to the information dispatch apparatus together with vehicle position and direction information and camera parameters. Based on the received information, the blind-spot image is converted to a corresponding image having the viewpoint of the vehicle driver, and the forward-view image and viewpoint-converted blind-spot image are combined to form a synthesized image, which is transmitted to the vehicle.
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