Vehicle surroundings display device and image providing system
First Claim
1. A vehicle surroundings display device comprising:
- a camera for taking an image of the surroundings of a vehicle;
obstacle detection means for detecting an obstacle in the surroundings of the vehicle;
an image processor for generating a surroundings image representing the situation around the vehicle from the image taken with the camera; and
image missing region detection means for detecting an image missing region in the surroundings image when the obstacle is detected by the obstacle detection means, the image missing region failing to obtain image data from the camera due to existence of the obstacle, wherein the image processor fills at least part of the image missing region with substitute image data when the image missing region is detected.
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Abstract
In the vehicle surroundings display device of the invention, an image processor generates an image showing the situation around a vehicle. When an obstacle is detected by an obstacle detection means, the image processor determines an image missing region using the position of the border of the obstacle on the vehicle side detected by an obstacle position detection means and fills the image missing region with substitute image data. This eliminates unnaturalness of a display image the user may feel and enables the user to accurately recognize the position of a neighboring obstacle that is important in driving operation.
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13 Claims
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1. A vehicle surroundings display device comprising:
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a camera for taking an image of the surroundings of a vehicle;
obstacle detection means for detecting an obstacle in the surroundings of the vehicle;
an image processor for generating a surroundings image representing the situation around the vehicle from the image taken with the camera; and
image missing region detection means for detecting an image missing region in the surroundings image when the obstacle is detected by the obstacle detection means, the image missing region failing to obtain image data from the camera due to existence of the obstacle, wherein the image processor fills at least part of the image missing region with substitute image data when the image missing region is detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An image providing system comprising:
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a camera for taking an image;
detection means for detecting an object in an image-provided range;
an image processor for generating a provided image showing the situation in the image-provided range from the image taken with the camera; and
image missing region detection means for detecting an image missing region in the provided image when an object is detected by the detection means, the image missing region failing to obtain image data from the camera due to existence of the object, wherein the image processor fills at least part of the image missing region with substitute image data when the image missing region is detected. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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