Image processing determining apparatus
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1. An image processing determining apparatus comprising:
- an external device outputting display data including an image;
an edge extractor configured to extract a plurality of edges indicating the outline of an object in the image included in the display data output from the external device with lines;
an edge selector, configured to select certain edges from the plurality of edges extracted by the edge extractor, by a certain selection method;
an edge image generator, configured to generate an edge image composed of the certain edges selected by the edge selector; and
a display apparatus displaying the edge image generated by the edge image generator,wherein the edge selector selects the certain edges by the selection method matched with characteristics of the external device,wherein the display apparatus includes a heads-up display that performs displaying on a front window of a vehicle and another display device, andwherein the edge selector sets an amount of the certain edges selected for display in the heads-up display so as to be smaller than an amount of the certain edges selected for display in the another display device.
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Abstract
An edge image generator in an image processing determining apparatus extracts multiple edges from an image included in display data output from an external device, such as a terminal unit, a navigation unit, or an imaging unit. Then, the edge image generator selects certain edges from the extracted multiple edges by a certain selection method matched with characteristics of the external device to generate an edge image.
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1. An image processing determining apparatus comprising:
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an external device outputting display data including an image; an edge extractor configured to extract a plurality of edges indicating the outline of an object in the image included in the display data output from the external device with lines; an edge selector, configured to select certain edges from the plurality of edges extracted by the edge extractor, by a certain selection method; an edge image generator, configured to generate an edge image composed of the certain edges selected by the edge selector; and a display apparatus displaying the edge image generated by the edge image generator, wherein the edge selector selects the certain edges by the selection method matched with characteristics of the external device, wherein the display apparatus includes a heads-up display that performs displaying on a front window of a vehicle and another display device, and wherein the edge selector sets an amount of the certain edges selected for display in the heads-up display so as to be smaller than an amount of the certain edges selected for display in the another display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An image processing method comprising:
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(i) receiving display data including an image from an external device; (ii) extracting, by using a computer, a plurality of edges indicating the outline of an object in the image included in the display data output from the external device with lines; (iii) selecting, by using the computer, certain edges from the plurality of edges extracted in the step (ii), by a certain selection method; (iv) generating, by using the computer, an edge image composed of the certain edges selected in the step (iii); and (v) displaying, by a display apparatus, the edge image generated in the step (iv), wherein the step (iii) selects the certain edges by the selection method matched with characteristics of the external device, wherein the display apparatus includes a heads-up display that performs displaying on a front window of a vehicle and another display device, and wherein the step (iii) sets an amount of the certain edges selected for display in the heads-up display so as to be smaller than an amount of the certain edges selected for display in the another display device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions thereon, which when executed perform functions comprising:
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(i) receiving display data including an image from an external device; (ii) extracting a plurality of edges indicating the outline of an object in the image included in the display data output from the external device with lines; (iii) selecting certain edges from the plurality of edges extracted in the step (ii), by a certain selection method; (iv) generating an edge image composed of the certain edges selected in the step (iii); and (v) displaying, by a display apparatus, the edge image generated in the step (iv), wherein the step (iii) selects the certain edges by the selection method matched with characteristics of the external device, wherein the display apparatus includes a heads-up display that performs displaying on a front window of a vehicle and another display device, and wherein the step (iii) sets an amount of the certain edges selected for display in the heads-up display so as to be smaller than an amount of the certain edges selected for display in the another display device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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