IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. An image processing system, comprising:
- a display apparatus displaying image data;
a plurality of image capture units mounted on a vehicle and capturing images of surroundings of a vehicle; and
an image processing apparatus connected with the plurality of image capture units via a network in the vehicle to generate a combined image data based on a plurality of image data captured by the image capture units, and connected with the display apparatus, andwherein the plurality of image capture units each include;
a camera capturing an image data of one of surrounding parts of the vehicle;
a storage unit storing segment information for identifying each of segments divided from the image data captured by the camera, and importance degrees calculated for the segments based on resolutions which are required of the segments in the image data upon generation of the combined image data;
an image compressing unit compressing each of the segments of the image data at a compression ratio depending on a corresponding importance degree for each of the segments, and generating compressed image data; and
a transmitting unit transmitting the compressed image data to the image processing apparatus through the network,the image processing apparatus including;
a network interface unit inputting the compressed image data transmitted from each of the image capture units;
an image generating unit generating a combined image data based on the compressed image data; and
a transmitting unit transmitting the combined image data to the display apparatus, andthe display apparatus including;
a receiving unit receiving the combined image data transmitted from the image processing apparatus; and
a display unit displaying the combined image data.
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Abstract
An image processing system including a display apparatus, a plurality of image capture units and an image processing apparatus is provided. The plurality of image capture units each include a camera capturing an image data, a storage unit storing segment information for identifying each of segments divided from the image data, and importance degrees calculated for the segments, an image compressing unit compressing each of the segments of the image data, and a transmitting unit transmitting the compressed image data to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a network interface unit inputting the compressed image data, an image generating unit generating a combined image data based on the compressed image data, and a transmitting unit transmitting the combined image data to the display apparatus, and the display apparatus includes a receiving unit receiving the combined image data and a display unit displaying the combined image data.
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9 Claims
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1. An image processing system, comprising:
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a display apparatus displaying image data; a plurality of image capture units mounted on a vehicle and capturing images of surroundings of a vehicle; and an image processing apparatus connected with the plurality of image capture units via a network in the vehicle to generate a combined image data based on a plurality of image data captured by the image capture units, and connected with the display apparatus, and wherein the plurality of image capture units each include; a camera capturing an image data of one of surrounding parts of the vehicle; a storage unit storing segment information for identifying each of segments divided from the image data captured by the camera, and importance degrees calculated for the segments based on resolutions which are required of the segments in the image data upon generation of the combined image data; an image compressing unit compressing each of the segments of the image data at a compression ratio depending on a corresponding importance degree for each of the segments, and generating compressed image data; and a transmitting unit transmitting the compressed image data to the image processing apparatus through the network, the image processing apparatus including; a network interface unit inputting the compressed image data transmitted from each of the image capture units; an image generating unit generating a combined image data based on the compressed image data; and a transmitting unit transmitting the combined image data to the display apparatus, and the display apparatus including; a receiving unit receiving the combined image data transmitted from the image processing apparatus; and a display unit displaying the combined image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image capture unit capturing an image data of surroundings of a vehicle, connected with an image processing apparatus via network in the vehicle to generate a combined image data based on a plurality of image data, the image capture unit comprising:
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a camera capturing an image data of one of surrounding parts of the vehicle; a storage unit storing segment information for identifying each of segments divided from the image data captured by the camera, and importance degrees calculated for the segments based on resolutions which are required of the segments in the image data upon generation of the combined image data; an image compressing unit compressing each of the segments of the image data at a compression ratio depending on a corresponding importance degree for each of the segments, and generating compressed image data; and a transmitting unit transmitting the compressed image data to the image processing apparatus through the network. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method of image processing, comprising:
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determining a degree of importance for segments of an image captured using multiple image capturing devices; adjusting resolutions of to the segments based on a corresponding degree of importance; and combining the segments with the adjusted resolutions to produce a resultant image. The method according to claim 9, comprising; transmitting the resultant image, where a compression rate of the resultant image is changed in accordance with a corresponding degree of importance.
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