Image Pickup Device and Image Pickup Method
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1. An image pickup method, comprising:
- picking up images of the periphery of said vehicle using a plurality of cameras;
acquiring a global position of said vehicle;
acquiring a global direction of said vehicle;
acquiring a road information of the periphery of said vehicle;
selecting the images for said camera to be used based on the position of each camera on said vehicle, said global position, said global direction and said road information anddisplaying the selected image or plurality of images to the driver of said vehicle.
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Abstract
To provide an image pickup device and image pickup method for displaying the optimum range of observation without relying on the conditions in which the vehicle enters the road or the installation situation of the plurality of cameras. To provide a plurality of periphery image pickup means 10 and 11 that obtain images of the periphery of a vehicle wherein periphery image pickup means 10 and 11 that obtain the images displayed for the driver of the vehicle and the image range of the images obtained by periphery image pickup means 10 and 11 that are displayed to the driver of the vehicle are selected.
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1. An image pickup method, comprising:
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picking up images of the periphery of said vehicle using a plurality of cameras; acquiring a global position of said vehicle; acquiring a global direction of said vehicle; acquiring a road information of the periphery of said vehicle; selecting the images for said camera to be used based on the position of each camera on said vehicle, said global position, said global direction and said road information and displaying the selected image or plurality of images to the driver of said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An image pickup device to obtain the periphery of a vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of cameras to pick up images of the periphery of said vehicle; a starting point detection portion to detect the display starting point to begin displaying said images picked up by said plurality of cameras to the driver of said vehicle; an entry conditions detecting portion to detect the conditions in which said vehicle enters said road at said display starting point that is detected by said starting point detecting means; an image range adjusting portion to adjust said displayed image range in accordance with said entry conditions detected by said entry condition detecting means; and a display to display said image range that is adjusted by said image range adjusting means. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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