IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM

• US 20160042543A1
• Filed: 03/17/2014
• Published: 02/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: KAJIGAI, Naoki, HASHIMOTO, Yoshikuni, KAMESHIMA, Tamotsu, HIGO, Takayuki
• Granted Patent: US 10,032,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/28 with an adjustable field of view
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/304 using merged images, e.g. merging camera image with stored images
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/802 for monitoring and displaying vehicle exterior blind spot views
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/4038 Image mosaicing, e.g. composing plane images from plane sub-images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/265 Mixing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

An image display control apparatus according to an embodiment includes, for example, includes a region identification portion distinguishing between a first region corresponding to a window in a vehicle inside image and a second region in the vehicle inside image excluding the first region, an image generation portion generating an image at least for a display range displayed at a display device, the image including a composite image where the vehicle inside image at the second region and a vehicle outside image conforming to the second region are superimposed on each other with a specified ratio and a vehicle outside image at the first region, a display range decision portion configured to change the display range, and a display control portion controlling the display device so that the image generated by the image generation portion is displayed at the display range which is decided by the display range decision portion.

Claims

1. An image display control apparatus comprising:

a region identification portion distinguishing between a first region corresponding to a window in a vehicle inside image and a second region in the vehicle inside image excluding the first region;

an image generation portion generating an image at least for a display range displayed at a display device, the image including a composite image where the vehicle inside image at the second region and a vehicle outside image conforming to the second region are superimposed on each other with a specified ratio and a vehicle outside image at the first region;

a display range decision portion configured to change the display range; and

a display control portion controlling the display device so that the image generated by the image generation portion is displayed at the display range which is decided by the display range decision portion.

2. The image display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display range decision portion changes the display range based on a signal obtained by a driving operation of a vehicle.

3. The image display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display range decision portion changes the display range depending on a steering angle detected by a steering angle detection portion that detects the steering angle.

4. The image display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display range decision portion changes the display range depending on a vehicle position acquired by a vehicle position acquisition portion that acquires the vehicle position.

5. The image display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display range decision portion changes the display range depending on a position of an object detected by an object detection portion that detects the object at a vehicle exterior.

6. The image display control apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a ratio change portion changing the ratio.

7. The image display control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the ratio change portion changes the ratio based on a signal obtained by a driving operation of a vehicle.

8. The image display control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the ratio change portion changes the ratio depending on a steering angle detected by a steering angle detection portion that detects the steering angle.

9. The image display control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the ratio change portion changes the ratio depending on a vehicle position acquired by a vehicle position acquisition portion that acquires the vehicle position.

10. The image display control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the ratio change portion changes the ratio depending on a position of an object detected by an object detection portion that detects the object at the vehicle exterior.

11. The image display control apparatus according to claim 1, comprising an object position determination portion determining whether an object identified as an image within a window frame in the vehicle inside image is positioned at a vehicle interior or a vehicle exterior, wherein

the region identification portion causes the image within the window frame of the object which is determined as being positioned at the vehicle interior by the object position determination portion to be included in the second region and causes the image of the object determined as being positioned at the vehicle exterior by the object position determination portion to be included in the first region.

12. An image display system comprising:

an image display control apparatus including;

a region identification portion distinguishing between a first region corresponding to a window in a vehicle inside image and a second region in the vehicle inside image excluding the first region;

an image generation portion generating an image at least for a display range displayed at a display device, the image including a composite image where the vehicle inside image at the second region and a vehicle outside image conforming to the second region are superimposed on each other with a specified ratio and a vehicle outside image at the first region;

a display range decision portion configured to change the display range; and

a display control portion controlling the display device so that the image generated by the image generation portion is displayed at the display range which is decided by the display range decision portion,

a display device controlled by the image display control apparatus;

a first imaging portion imaging a vehicle inside image; and

a second imaging portion imaging a vehicle outside image.

13. An image display control apparatus comprising:

a region identification portion distinguishing between a first region corresponding to a window in a vehicle inside image and a second region in the vehicle inside image excluding the first region;

an image generation portion generating a composite image where a vehicle outside image is superimposed on the vehicle inside image at the second region with a specified ratio at least for a display range displayed at a display device;

a display range decision portion configured to change the display range; and

a display control portion controlling the display device so that the image generated by the image generation portion is displayed at the display range which is decided by the display range decision portion.