IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20120300075A1
• Filed: 05/18/2012
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: SAWADA, Yasuyoshi, YAMAMOTO, Chiharu, IMU, Sunja
• Granted Patent: US 9,073,482 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/27 providing all-round vision, e.g. using omnidirectional cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

An image display system is configured to display an image. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain a surrounding image indicating surroundings of a vehicle. A plurality of detecting units are disposed on the vehicle at different positions and configured to detect an object existing around the vehicle, respectively. If one of the detecting units detects the object, the one of the detecting units is referred to as specific detecting unit. An overlapping unit is configured to overlap an indicator represented in the form of a frame with the surrounding image. The indicator indicates the object and the specific detecting unit which has detected the object. A display unit is configured to display the surrounding image with which the indicator is overlapped.

Claims

1. An image display system configured to display an image, comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain a surrounding image indicating surroundings of a vehicle;

a plurality of detecting units disposed on the vehicle at different positions and configured to detect an object existing around the vehicle, respectively;

an overlapping unit configured to overlap an indicator represented in the form of a frame with the surrounding image, the indicator indicating the object and a specific detecting unit which has detected the object from among the plurality of detecting units; and

a display unit configured to display the surrounding image with which the indicator is overlapped.

2. The image display system according to claim 1, wherein if there are a plurality of specific detecting units which have detected the object, the overlapping unit overlaps an indicator represented in the form of a single frame with the surrounding image, the indicator indicating the object and the plurality of specific detecting units.

3. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the detecting units is configured to detect a distance between each of the detecting units and the object, and

wherein the overlapping unit is configured to change a size of the indicator according to the distance.

4. An image processing apparatus configured to process an image, comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain a surrounding image indicating surroundings of a vehicle;

a specifying unit configured to specify, from among a plurality of detecting units which are disposed on the vehicle at different positions and configured to detect an object existing around the vehicle, respectively, a specific detecting unit which has detected the object;

an overlapping unit configured to overlap an indicator represented in the form of a frame with the surrounding image, the indicator indicating the object and the specific detecting unit; and

an outputting unit configured to output the surrounding image with which the indicator is overlapped to a display apparatus.

5. An image display method for displaying an image, comprising:

obtaining a surrounding image indicating surroundings of a vehicle;

detecting an object existing around the vehicle with using a plurality of detecting units which are disposed on the vehicle at different positions and configured to detect the object existing around the vehicle, respectively,

overlapping an indicator represented in the form of a frame with the surrounding image, the indicator indicating the object and a specific detecting unit which has detected the object from among the plurality of detecting units; and

displaying the surrounding image with which the indicator is overlapped.

6. An image display system configured to display an image, comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain a surrounding image indicating surroundings of a vehicle;

a detecting unit configured to detect an object existing around the vehicle;

an overlapping unit configured to overlap an indicator represented in the form of a frame with the surrounding image, the indicator indicating the object and the detecting unit which has detected the object; and

a displaying unit configured to display the surrounding image with which the indicator is overlapped.