Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method
First Claim
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a detecting unit which detects a position of an object included within an overlapping region of a first image corresponding to a traveling direction of a vehicle or an opposite direction to the traveling direction and a second image corresponding to a direction crossing the traveling direction of the vehicle;
a processing unit which assigns the first image a first evaluation value when the object is in a first position, and a second evaluation value, which is smaller than the first evaluation value, when the object is in a second position, of which a distance from a traveling direction axis of the vehicle is larger than the same of the first position, and assigns the second image a third evaluation value when the object is in the first position, and a fourth evaluation value, which is larger than the third evaluation value, when the object is in the second position;
a determining unit which determines a boundary of the first and second images for joining the first and second images, so that the object is included within either of the first and second images, which has a larger evaluation value than the other; and
a generating unit which joins the first and second images along the boundary and generates an image, in which a region around the vehicle is viewed from a prescribed view point.
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus: detects an object position included within an overlapping region of a first image corresponding to a vehicles'"'"'s traveling direction and a second image corresponding to a direction crossing the traveling direction; assigns the first image a first value when the object is in a first position, and a second value smaller than the first value when the object is in a second position more distant from a traveling direction axis of the vehicle than the first position, and assigns the second image a third value when the object is in the first position, and a fourth value larger than the third value when the object is in the second position; and determines a boundary so that the object is included within an image having a larger value than the other; and joins the first and second images.
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19 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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a detecting unit which detects a position of an object included within an overlapping region of a first image corresponding to a traveling direction of a vehicle or an opposite direction to the traveling direction and a second image corresponding to a direction crossing the traveling direction of the vehicle; a processing unit which assigns the first image a first evaluation value when the object is in a first position, and a second evaluation value, which is smaller than the first evaluation value, when the object is in a second position, of which a distance from a traveling direction axis of the vehicle is larger than the same of the first position, and assigns the second image a third evaluation value when the object is in the first position, and a fourth evaluation value, which is larger than the third evaluation value, when the object is in the second position; a determining unit which determines a boundary of the first and second images for joining the first and second images, so that the object is included within either of the first and second images, which has a larger evaluation value than the other; and a generating unit which joins the first and second images along the boundary and generates an image, in which a region around the vehicle is viewed from a prescribed view point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image processing system comprising:
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a detecting unit which detects a position of an object included within an overlapping region of a first image corresponding to a traveling direction of a vehicle or an opposite direction to the traveling direction and a second image corresponding to a direction crossing the traveling direction of the vehicle; a processing unit which assigns the first image a first evaluation value when the object is in a first position, and a second evaluation value, which is smaller than the first evaluation value, when the object is in a second position of which a distance from a traveling direction axis of the vehicle is larger than the same of the first position, and assigns the second image a third evaluation value when the object is in the first position, and a fourth evaluation value, which is larger than the third evaluation value, when the object is in the second position; a determining unit which determines a boundary of the first and second images for joining the first and second images, so that the object is included within either of the first and second images, which has a larger evaluation value than the other; a generating unit which joins the first and second images along the boundary and generates an image, in which a region around the vehicle is viewed from a prescribed view point; and a displaying apparatus which displays the image, in which the region around the vehicle is viewed from the prescribed view point. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An image processing method comprising:
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detecting a position of an object included within an overlapping region of a first image corresponding to a traveling direction of a vehicle or an opposite direction to the traveling direction and a second image corresponding to a direction crossing the traveling direction of the vehicle; assigning the first image a first evaluation value when the object is in a first position, and a second evaluation value, which is smaller than the first evaluation value, when the object is in a second position of which a distance from a traveling direction axis of the vehicle is larger than the same of the first position; assigning the second image a third evaluation value when the object is in the first position, and a fourth evaluation value, which is larger than the third evaluation value, when the object is in the second position; determining a boundary of the first and second images for joining the first and second images, so that the object is included within either of the first and second images, which has a larger evaluation value than the other; and joining the first and second images along the boundary to generate an image, in which a region around the vehicle is viewed from a prescribed view point. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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