PARKING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS
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1. A parking assistance apparatus comprising:
- a generation unit that generates an overhead-view image as seen from a predetermined viewpoint, in accordance with an image captured by at least one image capturing apparatus mounted in a vehicle; and
an output unit that superimposes, in a same coordinate system as the overhead-view image generated by the generation unit, an image of the vehicle on the overhead-view image and a predetermined figure at a position a predetermined distance away from the vehicle on the overhead-view image, and outputs the resulting overhead-view image to a display apparatus.
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Abstract
A parking assistance apparatus includes: a generation unit that generates an overhead-view image as seen from a predetermined viewpoint, in accordance with an image captured by at least one image capturing apparatus mounted in a vehicle; and an output unit that superimposes, in the same coordinate system as the overhead-view image generated by the generation unit, an image of the vehicle on the overhead-view image and a predetermined figure at a position a predetermined distance away from the vehicle on the overhead-view image, and outputs the resulting overhead-view image to a display apparatus.
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18 Claims
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1. A parking assistance apparatus comprising:
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a generation unit that generates an overhead-view image as seen from a predetermined viewpoint, in accordance with an image captured by at least one image capturing apparatus mounted in a vehicle; and an output unit that superimposes, in a same coordinate system as the overhead-view image generated by the generation unit, an image of the vehicle on the overhead-view image and a predetermined figure at a position a predetermined distance away from the vehicle on the overhead-view image, and outputs the resulting overhead-view image to a display apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A parking assistance system comprising:
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a parking assistance apparatus; at least one image capturing apparatus that captures an image of surroundings of a vehicle; and a display apparatus that displays an image output from the parking assistance apparatus, the parking assistance apparatus, the at least one image capturing apparatus, and the display apparatus being connected to one another via a network, the parking assistance apparatus includes a generation unit that generates an overhead-view image as seen from a predetermined viewpoint, in accordance with an image captured by the image capturing apparatus; and an output unit that superimposes, in a same coordinate system as the overhead-view image generated by the generation unit, an image of the vehicle on the overhead-view image and a predetermined figure at a position a predetermined distance away from the vehicle on the overhead-view image and outputs the resulting overhead-view image. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer to perform execution of at least:
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generating an overhead-view image as seen from a predetermined viewpoint, in accordance with an image captured by at least one image capturing apparatus mounted on a vehicle; and superimposing, in a same coordinate system as the overhead-view image, an image of the vehicle on the overhead-view image and a predetermined figure at a position a predetermined distance away from the vehicle on the overhead-view image and outputting the resulting overhead-view image to a display apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method of assisting with parking comprising:
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generating an overhead-view image as seen from a predetermined viewpoint, in accordance with an image captured by at least one image capturing apparatus mounted on a vehicle; and superimposing, in the same coordinate system as the overhead-view image, an image of the vehicle on the overhead-view image and a predetermined figure at a position a predetermined distance away from the vehicle on the overhead-view image and outputting the resulting overhead-view image to a display apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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