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Virtual viewpoint position control device and virtual viewpoint position control method

  • US 10,311,618 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2016
  • Issued: 06/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A display assistance device that converts images captured by a plurality of cameras installed on a vehicle into an overhead image of a downward view from a virtual viewpoint in air, and displays the overhead image on a display with a host vehicle icon superimposed on the overhead image, the host vehicle icon indicating a position of the vehicle, the display assistance device comprising:

  • a computer that determines whether or not the vehicle is making a lane change from a travel lane in which the vehicle is traveling to a next lane next to the travel lane, and changes a position of the virtual viewpoint if determining that the vehicle is making the lane change,wherein the computer changes the position of the virtual viewpoint when the position of the virtual viewpoint moves out of a host vehicle lane,the computer does not change the position of the virtual viewpoint when the position of the virtual viewpoint does not move out of the host vehicle lane, andin a case where the vehicle is making a lane change from a travel lane in which the vehicle is traveling to a next lane next to the travel lane, the computer changes the position of the virtual viewpoint toward the next lane.

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