IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE
First Claim
1. An apparatus for displaying an image for a vehicle, comprising:
- an imaging unit configured to input a camera image of surroundings of the vehicle, the surroundings including at least one of a front side and a back side of the vehicle along running direction;
a first image generation unit configured to generate a mask image to conceal a protection region of personal information included in a region of a first vehicle on the camera image, the first vehicle existing at the front side or the back side of the vehicle;
a surroundings-monitoring unit configured to decide whether a second vehicle exists at a front side or a back side of the first vehicle by monitoring the camera image;
a second image generation unit configured to generate an identification image of the second vehicle when the surroundings-monitoring unit decides that the second vehicle exists; and
a processing unit configured to generate a composite image by combining the mask image and the identification image with the camera image, and to present the composite image to a user of the vehicle via a display.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an imaging unit inputs a camera image of surroundings of a vehicle. The surroundings include at least one of a front side and a back side of the vehicle. A first image generation unit generates a mask image to conceal a protection region of personal information included in a region of a first vehicle on the camera image. The first vehicle exists at the front side or the back side of the user'"'"'s vehicle. A surroundings-monitoring unit decides whether a second vehicle exists at a front side or a back side of the first vehicle by monitoring the camera image. A second image generation unit generates an identification image of the second vehicle when the second vehicle exists. A processing unit generates a composite image by combining the mask image and the identification image with the camera image, and displays the composite image to present to a user of the vehicle.
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6 Claims
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1. An apparatus for displaying an image for a vehicle, comprising:
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an imaging unit configured to input a camera image of surroundings of the vehicle, the surroundings including at least one of a front side and a back side of the vehicle along running direction; a first image generation unit configured to generate a mask image to conceal a protection region of personal information included in a region of a first vehicle on the camera image, the first vehicle existing at the front side or the back side of the vehicle; a surroundings-monitoring unit configured to decide whether a second vehicle exists at a front side or a back side of the first vehicle by monitoring the camera image; a second image generation unit configured to generate an identification image of the second vehicle when the surroundings-monitoring unit decides that the second vehicle exists; and a processing unit configured to generate a composite image by combining the mask image and the identification image with the camera image, and to present the composite image to a user of the vehicle via a display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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