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Drive supporting device

  • US 7,218,758 B2
  • Filed: 03/01/2002
  • Issued: 05/15/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Driving support apparatus comprising:

  • image pickup means mounted on a mobile unit;

    conversion means for converting one or more images picked up by said image pickup means to an image seen from a virtual viewpoint above said image pickup means or an image orthogonal-projected from above based on a road surface model;

    detection means for detecting three-dimensional information other than that on the road surface based on a parallax between images picked up by said image pickup means;

    distortion correction means for correcting distortion of a figure in an image, for which said viewpoint conversion is performed, based on said detected three-dimensional information; and

    display means for displaying an image for which said distortion-corrected is performed.

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