SURROUNDING RECOGNITION SUPPORT SYSTEM

• US 20090297041A1
• Filed: 06/01/2009
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: WATANABE, Kazuya, NAGAMINE, Noboru
• Application Number:
  US12/475,834
• Publication Number:
  US 20090297041A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/209
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30264 Parking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/73 using feature-based methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/58 Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads

Abstract

A surrounding recognition support system includes an image processing portion receiving a captured image of a surrounding of a vehicle and performing an image processing on the captured image received, an object position detecting portion detecting a position of an object present in a vicinity of the vehicle, an object identification portion identifying information related to the object, a formative image generation portion generating a formative image that suggests a presence of the object existing within a specific area and existing out of an image captured area of the image capturing device, the object being identified by the object identification portion, and a display image control portion performing an image compositing process on the formative image and the captured image on which the image processing has been performed, and outputting a composite image obtained resulting from the image compositing process to a display device installed within the vehicle.

Claims

1. A surrounding recognition support system, comprising:

an image processing portion receiving a captured image of a surrounding of a vehicle from an image capturing device and performing an image processing on the captured image received;

an object position detecting means detecting a position of an object present in a vicinity of the vehicle;

an object identification portion identifying information related to the object based on a detection result of the object position detecting means;

a formative image generation portion generating a formative image that suggests a presence of the object existing within a specific area and existing out of an image captured area of the image capturing device, the object being identified by the object identification portion; and

a display image control portion performing an image compositing process on the formative image and the captured image on which the image processing has been performed, and outputting a composite image obtained resulting from the image compositing process to a display device installed within the vehicle.

2. The surrounding recognition support system according to claim 1, wherein a position of the formative image displayed on the display device is determined on the basis of a position of the object identified by the detection result of the object position detecting means.

3. The surrounding recognition support system according to claim 1, further comprising a movement determining means determining whether the object is a moving object or a stationary object, and generates the formative image when it is determined that the object is the moving object.

4. The surrounding recognition support system according to claim 1, further comprising a position determining means determining whether the object detected by the object position detecting means is positioned within the image captured area of the image capturing device or is positioned out of the image captured area, the image captured area of the image capturing device and a detection area of the object position detecting means being overlapped with each other to produce an overlapping area.

5. The surrounding recognition support system according to claim 1, further comprising a risk determining means determining a possibility of a collision of the vehicle with the object.

6. The surrounding recognition support system according to claim 1, wherein the formative image is equal to an imaginary shadow that suggests a presence of the object.

7. The surrounding recognition support system according to claim 6, wherein the display image control portion includes a display adjustment function for enhancing a brightness around the imaginary shadow when the imaginary shadow is displayed on the display device.