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Surround View System

  • US 20130033602A1
  • Filed: 07/31/2012
  • Published: 02/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surround view system comprising:

  • an image processing device operable to;

    generate a surround view based on image data collected from image sensors, where the surround view projects the image data inversely on a bowl-shaped projection surrounding an object;

    generate a virtual user view from a virtual camera position, where the virtual camera position is on a first horizontal ellipse that is about the bowl-shaped projection at a first height; and

    determine a viewing direction from the virtual camera position, which is directed at a point located on a second horizontal ellipse about the bowl-shaped projection at a second height, where the second height is lower than the first height, and where the second horizontal ellipse is smaller than the first horizontal ellipse; and

    a control device operable to change the viewing direction and to change the virtual camera position at least in a horizontal direction.

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