VEHICLE IMAGE CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150156391A1
• Filed: 12/04/2013
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
• Original Assignee: Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology Armaments Bureau MND (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Lo, Min-Fang, Huang, Cheng-Ming
• Application Number:
  US14/097,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20150156391A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/23 with a predetermined field of view
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/303 using joined images, e.g. multiple camera images
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/60 characterised by monitoring and displaying vehicle exterior scenes from a transformed perspective
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 17/002 for television cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A motor vehicle image correction system includes an image correction module, an image generating module, an image processing unit and an image display unit. The image correction module is installed at a vehicle periphery and includes a plurality of regularly arranged patterns. The image generating module includes a plurality of image generating units, and each image generating unit is installed on a side of the motor vehicle for generating a corresponding image signal, receiving the image signal, and capturing a characteristic image of the image signal, processing the characteristic image, and generating a processed display signal, such that the image processing unit can adjust the vehicle image device according to the regularly arranged pattern of the image correction module to correct the vehicle image device.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle image correction system, for correcting a vehicle image device, comprising:

an image correction module, installed at a vehicle periphery, and having a plurality of regularly arranged patterns;

an image generating module, including a plurality of image generating units, and each image generating unit being installed on a side of the motor vehicle and provided for generating a corresponding image signal;

an image processing unit, for receiving the image signal, capturing a characteristic image of the image signal, processing the characteristic image, and generating a processed display signal; and

an image display unit, for receiving the display signal, and displaying the display signal, such that the image processing unit can adjust the vehicle image device according to the regularly arranged pattern of the image correction module to correct the vehicle image device.

2. The motor vehicle image correction system of claim 1, wherein the image correction module has a pattern in a square shape, a rectangular shape, a circular shape or a triangular shape.

3. The motor vehicle image correction system of claim 1, wherein the image generating unit is a fisheye lens or a wide-angle lens.

4. The motor vehicle image correction system of claim 1, wherein the image processing unit is a computer.

5. The motor vehicle image correction system of claim 1, wherein the image display unit is a vehicle liquid crystal display.

6. A vehicle image correction method, for correcting a vehicle image device, comprising the steps of,

providing an image correction module having a plurality of regularly arranged patterns, and installing the image correction module at a vehicle periphery;

providing an image generating module having a plurality of image generating units, and installing the image generating unit on each side of the motor vehicle for generating a corresponding image signal;

providing an image processing unit, for receiving the image signal, capturing a characteristic image of the image signal, processing the characteristic image, and generating a processed display signal;

providing an image display unit, for receiving the display signal, and displaying the display signal, such that the image processing unit can adjust the vehicle image device according to the regularly arranged pattern of the image correction module to correct the vehicle image device.

7. The vehicle image correction method of claim 6, wherein the image correction module has a pattern in a square shape, a rectangular shape, a circular shape or a triangular shape.

8. The vehicle image correction method of claim 6, wherein the image generating unit is a fisheye lens or a wide-angle lens.

9. The vehicle image correction method of claim 7, wherein the image processing unit is a computer.

10. The vehicle image correction method of claim 6, wherein the image display unit is a liquid crystal display.