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Image synthesis system for a vehicle and the manufacturing method thereof

  • US 8,150,210 B2
  • Filed: 04/11/2008
  • Issued: 04/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image synthesis system for a vehicle comprising:

  • a first camera disposed on the vehicle and shooting at least a first image of at least a first portion of an outward periphery of said vehicle;

    a second camera disposed on the vehicle and shooting at least a second image of at least a second portion of the outward periphery of said vehicle, wherein the second image and the first image have an overlapping region;

    an image processing device comprising;

    a defining component operable to define the first image into a plurality of first points each having a first residual error, and defining the second image into a plurality of second points each having a second residual error; and

    ,a synthesis component operable to synthesize the first image and the second image and output a third image, wherein each point of the overlapping region of the third image is selected from one of the plurality of first points and a spatially corresponding one of the plurality of second points responsive, at least in part, to a determination of which point has lower residual error to thereby be shown in the third image; and

    a display device for displaying at least the third image.

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