Vehicle vicinity image-processing apparatus and recording medium
First Claim
1. A vehicle vicinity image processing apparatus which is applied to a vehicle having image pick-up means for picking up an image of a vehicle vicinity and display means for displaying an image, and which processes the image picked up by said image pick-up means and displays the processed image on said display means the vehicle vicinity image-processing apparatus comprising:
- bird'"'"'s eye view image creation means for creating a bird'"'"'s eye view image on the basis of the image picked up by said image pick-up means;
vehicle movement amount detecting means for detecting an amount of vehicle movement on the basis of vehicle signals obtained from the vehicle;
bird'"'"'s-eye view image moving means for moving a first bird'"'"'s-eye view image created by said bird'"'"'s-eye image creation means in correspondence with the amount of vehicle movement and thereby creating a moved bird'"'"'s-eye view image;
composite bird'"'"'s-eye view image creation means for creating a composite bird'"'"'s-eye view image to be displayed on said display means by combining a second bird'"'"'s-eye view image which is picked up and created later than the first bird'"'"'s-eye view image with the moved bird'"'"'s-eye view image,wherein said composite bird'"'"'s-eye view image is an image in which a part of the moved bird'"'"'s-eye view image that does not overlap with the second bird'"'"'s-eye view image is added to a display area of the second bird'"'"'s-eye view image.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a vehicle vicinity image-processing apparatus and a recording medium capable of deducing a scene having left the field of vision of a camera mounted on the rear of a vehicle and drawing an image of the area behind the vehicle which includes this deduced part. An image-processing unit 5 first coordinate-converts a picked-up image to create a bird'"'"'s-eye view image. Two chronologically consecutive bird'"'"'s-eye view images are created as the bird'"'"'s-eye view image, and a matching area of the two images is extracted. On the basis of this matching area, a moved area which has left the present field of vision of the camera 1 is extracted. An image of the matching area and the moved area is then drawn on a monitor 3. By this means, it is possible to draw an image including a scene which has left the present field of vision of the camera 1.
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9 Claims
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1. A vehicle vicinity image processing apparatus which is applied to a vehicle having image pick-up means for picking up an image of a vehicle vicinity and display means for displaying an image, and which processes the image picked up by said image pick-up means and displays the processed image on said display means the vehicle vicinity image-processing apparatus comprising:
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bird'"'"'s eye view image creation means for creating a bird'"'"'s eye view image on the basis of the image picked up by said image pick-up means; vehicle movement amount detecting means for detecting an amount of vehicle movement on the basis of vehicle signals obtained from the vehicle; bird'"'"'s-eye view image moving means for moving a first bird'"'"'s-eye view image created by said bird'"'"'s-eye image creation means in correspondence with the amount of vehicle movement and thereby creating a moved bird'"'"'s-eye view image; composite bird'"'"'s-eye view image creation means for creating a composite bird'"'"'s-eye view image to be displayed on said display means by combining a second bird'"'"'s-eye view image which is picked up and created later than the first bird'"'"'s-eye view image with the moved bird'"'"'s-eye view image, wherein said composite bird'"'"'s-eye view image is an image in which a part of the moved bird'"'"'s-eye view image that does not overlap with the second bird'"'"'s-eye view image is added to a display area of the second bird'"'"'s-eye view image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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