IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
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1. An image processing apparatus configured to be used on a vehicle, the image processing apparatus comprising:
- (a) an image processor configured to;
(i) generate a surrounding image showing a surrounding region of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint located in the vehicle, by using an image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle;
(ii) obtain a vehicle image that is divided into plural portions showing the vehicle viewed from the virtual viewpoint;
(iii) generate a combined image by combining the surrounding image and the vehicle image having the plural portions; and
(iv) output the combined image for display on a display apparatus, and(b) a controller configured to determine a transparency percentage of each of the plural portions of the vehicle image,wherein the image processor causes the plural portions to be semi-transparent or to be transparent at the determined transparency percentages such that the combined image includes the surrounding image and the vehicle image having the plural portions caused to be semi-transparent or to be transparent at the determined transparency percentages.
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus determines a transparency percentage of each of plural portions of a cabin image of a vehicle, causes the plural portions to be semi-transparent or to be transparent at the determined transparency percentages and displays the cabin image. Thus, the user can intuitively understand a positional relationship between the vehicle and a surrounding region and does not miss an obstacle in a course of traveling of the vehicle.
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1. An image processing apparatus configured to be used on a vehicle, the image processing apparatus comprising:
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(a) an image processor configured to; (i) generate a surrounding image showing a surrounding region of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint located in the vehicle, by using an image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle; (ii) obtain a vehicle image that is divided into plural portions showing the vehicle viewed from the virtual viewpoint; (iii) generate a combined image by combining the surrounding image and the vehicle image having the plural portions; and (iv) output the combined image for display on a display apparatus, and (b) a controller configured to determine a transparency percentage of each of the plural portions of the vehicle image, wherein the image processor causes the plural portions to be semi-transparent or to be transparent at the determined transparency percentages such that the combined image includes the surrounding image and the vehicle image having the plural portions caused to be semi-transparent or to be transparent at the determined transparency percentages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. An image processing method that is used in a vehicle, the image processing method executed by an image processor and comprising the steps of
generating a surrounding image showing a surrounding region of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint located in the vehicle, by using an image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle; -
obtaining a vehicle image that shows the vehicle viewed from the virtual viewpoint; dividing the vehicle image into plural portions, and causing the plural portions to be semi-transparent or to be transparent at determined transparency percentages for each of the plural portions; generating a combined image by combining the surrounding image and the vehicle image having the plural portions caused to be semi-transparent or to be transparent; and outputting the combined image for display on a display apparatus.
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