DEVICE AND METHOD OF MONITORING SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A device for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle, comprising:
- first imaging means for imaging outside of the vehicle in a first imaging area at a predetermined cycle period;
second imaging means for imaging outside of the vehicle in a second imaging area at a predetermined cycle period, said second imaging area and the first imaging area overlapping each other at least partially; and
information generating means for generating predetermined information in which a lag between imaging timing of the first imaging means and imaging timing of the second imaging means is corrected based on images of both the first and the second imaging means.
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Abstract
To generate information with high accuracy by compensating for the lack of synchronism between imaging timings of two or more imaging means. A device for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle according to the present invention comprises first imaging means for imaging outside of the vehicle in a first imaging area at a predetermined cycle period; second imaging means for imaging outside of the vehicle in a second imaging area at a predetermined cycle period, said second imaging area and the first imaging area overlapping each other at least partially; and information generating means for generating predetermined information in which a lag between imaging timing of the first imaging means and imaging timing of the second imaging means is corrected based on images of both the first and the second imaging means.
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9 Claims
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1. A device for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle, comprising:
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first imaging means for imaging outside of the vehicle in a first imaging area at a predetermined cycle period; second imaging means for imaging outside of the vehicle in a second imaging area at a predetermined cycle period, said second imaging area and the first imaging area overlapping each other at least partially; and information generating means for generating predetermined information in which a lag between imaging timing of the first imaging means and imaging timing of the second imaging means is corrected based on images of both the first and the second imaging means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A device for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle, comprising:
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a first imaging device for imaging outside of the vehicle in a first imaging area at a predetermined cycle period; a second imaging device for imaging outside of the vehicle in a second imaging area at a predetermined cycle period, said second imaging area and the first imaging area overlapping each other at least partially; and an information generating device for generating predetermined information in which a lag between imaging timing of the first imaging device and imaging timing of the second imaging device is corrected based on images of both the first and the second imaging devices. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method of monitoring surroundings of a vehicle, comprising:
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a step of imaging outside of the vehicle at a first timing using a first imaging means; a step of imaging outside of the vehicle at a second timing which is earlier or later than the first timing using a second imaging means; a corrected image generating step of correcting an image of the first imaging means based on a lag between the first timing and the second timing; and an information generating step of generating predetermined information using the corrected image obtained by the corrected image generating step and an image of the second imaging means. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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