IMAGE PROVIDING DEVICE
First Claim
1. An image providing device that is installed in a vehicle and provides an image of surroundings of the vehicle to a driver, comprising:
- a first image pickup unit having a first image pickup range positioned in the vehicle surroundings;
a second image pickup unit having a second image pickup range that does not overlap the first image pickup range in the vehicle surroundings;
a first image providing unit that provides to the driver a first image that is an image picked up by the first image pickup unit;
a second image providing unit that is provided separately from the first image providing unit and provides to the driver a second image that is an image picked up by the second image pickup unit;
an image display parameter correction unit that corrects a second image display parameter of the second image provided by the second image providing unit, according to a first image display parameter of the first image provided by the first image providing unit; and
an attention object determination unit that determines whether or not an attention object to which the driver is to pay attention is present in the first image or the second image, whereinthe image display parameter correction unit performs correction hat emphasizes the image, from the first image and the second image, that is determined b the attention object determination unit to include the attention object.
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Abstract
An image providing device is installed in a vehicle and provides images of vehicle surroundings to a driver. The device includes a right side camera and a left side camera that respectively pick up an image of a first image pickup range and an image of a second image pickup range that does not overlap the first image pickup range in the vehicle surroundings, a first display that provides to the driver a right rear image picked up by the right side camera, a second display that is provided separately from the first display and provides to the driver a left rear image that is picked up by the left side camera, and an image display parameter correction unit that corrects an image display parameter of the left rear image according to an image display parameter of the right rear image.
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Citations
16 Claims
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1. An image providing device that is installed in a vehicle and provides an image of surroundings of the vehicle to a driver, comprising:
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a first image pickup unit having a first image pickup range positioned in the vehicle surroundings; a second image pickup unit having a second image pickup range that does not overlap the first image pickup range in the vehicle surroundings; a first image providing unit that provides to the driver a first image that is an image picked up by the first image pickup unit; a second image providing unit that is provided separately from the first image providing unit and provides to the driver a second image that is an image picked up by the second image pickup unit; an image display parameter correction unit that corrects a second image display parameter of the second image provided by the second image providing unit, according to a first image display parameter of the first image provided by the first image providing unit; and an attention object determination unit that determines whether or not an attention object to which the driver is to pay attention is present in the first image or the second image, wherein the image display parameter correction unit performs correction hat emphasizes the image, from the first image and the second image, that is determined b the attention object determination unit to include the attention object. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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