Method and apparatus for distortion correction and image enhancing of a vehicle rear viewing system
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1. An image enhancing system for a vehicle comprising:
- a display unit for displaying modified images enhanced by the image enhancing system;
an imaging device for receiving captured images enhanced by said image enhancing system;
an image enhancing module in communication with said display unit and said imaging device such that pixels located in said captured images are enhanced by repositioning said pixels from a first position to a second position through a transfer operation to form said modified images.
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Abstract
An image enhancing system (12) for a vehicle (10) comprises a display unit (14) for displaying modified images (38) and an imaging device (20) for receiving captured images (36) enhanced by the image enhancing system (12). The system (12) further includes an image enhancing module (26) in communication with the display unit (14) and the imaging device (20) such that pixels located in the captured images (36) are enhanced by repositioning the pixels from a first position to a second position via a transfer operation.
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1. An image enhancing system for a vehicle comprising:
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a display unit for displaying modified images enhanced by the image enhancing system; an imaging device for receiving captured images enhanced by said image enhancing system; an image enhancing module in communication with said display unit and said imaging device such that pixels located in said captured images are enhanced by repositioning said pixels from a first position to a second position through a transfer operation to form said modified images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of enhancing an image in a vehicle imaging system comprising the steps of:
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receiving captured images by at least one imaging device located on the vehicle; communicating said captured images to an image enhancing module; enhancing said captured images such that pixels located in said captured images are repositioned from a first position to a second position by a transfer operation to form modified images; and communicating said modified images from said enhancing module to a display unit located in said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An image enhancing system for improving images received by an imaging device located on a vehicle, the image enhancing system comprising:
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at least one camera located on said vehicle, the camera having a pixel array for receiving real-time captured images within the camera field of view; a computing unit having an image enhancing module in communication with said camera for improving said captured images by repositioning pixels in said captured images from a first position to a second position in accordance with a transfer operation performed by the image enhancing module such that the repositioning of the pixels form enhanced images; and a display unit in communication with said computing unit and located within said vehicle for displaying said enhanced images. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A rearview image enhancing system for a vehicle comprising:
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a display unit for displaying modified images enhanced by the image enhancing system; an imaging device for receiving captured images enhanced by said image enhancing system; an image enhancing module in communication with said display unit and said imaging device such that pixels located in said captured images are clustered and segmented to form at least one area of interest by referencing the pixels from a ground plane in the captured images to form said modified images. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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