Filling in surround view areas blocked by mirrors or other vehicle parts
US9902322B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2300/607
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An imaging system, method, and computer readable medium filling in blind spot regions in images of peripheral areas of a vehicle. Intrinsic or extrinsic blind spot data is used together with vehicle movement data including vehicle speed and steering angle information to determine one or more portions of a series of images of the peripheral areas that include or will include one or more blind spot obstructions in the images. Portions of the images predicted to be obstructed at a future time, portions of overlapping images obtained concurrently from plural sources, or both, are obtained and used as an image patch. A blind spot region restoration unit operates to stitch together a restored image without the blind spot obstruction by merging one or more image patches into portions of the images that include the one or more blind spot obstructions.
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