Image-Processing System and Image-Processing Method
First Claim
1. An image-processing system operative to process image data obtained by capturing images outside a periphery of a vehicle, the image-processing system comprising:
- a plurality of image-capturing units that is affixed to the vehicle and that generates image-data items by capturing images outside the periphery of the vehicle;
a bird'"'"'s-eye-view-image-drawing unit configured to generate a bird'"'"'s-eye-view image by determining a viewpoint above the vehicle for each of the image-data items generated by the image-capturing units based on the image-data item so that end portions of real spaces corresponding to two adjacent bird'"'"'s-eye-view images overlap each other;
an image-composition unit configured to generate a bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image by combining the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images with one another according to a predetermined layout;
an object-detection unit configured to detect at least one object existing in at least one real space corresponding to at least one joining portion where the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images included in the bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image are joined to each other;
a border-width-setting unit configured to determine a border image based on the overlap portions of the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images included in the bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image, the overlap portions being included in the joining portion, and to change a width of the border image when the object-detection unit detects at least one object existing in a real space corresponding to the overlap portion; and
an image-addition unit configured to generate a border-and-bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image in the joining portion by superimposing a border image having a width set by the border-width-setting unit on the overlap portion of one of the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images.
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Abstract
A vehicle-periphery-image-providing system may include an image-capturing unit, a viewpoint-change unit, an image-composition unit, an object-detection unit, a line-width-setting unit, and a line-selection unit. The image-capturing units, such as cameras, capture images outside a vehicle periphery and generate image-data items. The viewpoint-change unit generates a bird'"'"'s-eye-view image for each image-data item based on the image-data item so that end portions of the real spaces corresponding to two adjacent bird'"'"'s-eye-view images overlap each other. The image-composition unit generates a bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image by combining the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images according to a predetermined layout. The object-detection unit detects an object existing in the real space corresponding to a portion where the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images of the bird'"'"'s-eye-composite image are joined to each other. The line-width-setting unit sets the width of the line image corresponding to the joining portion. The line-selection unit adds a line image having the set width to an overlap portion of one of the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images.
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7 Claims
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1. An image-processing system operative to process image data obtained by capturing images outside a periphery of a vehicle, the image-processing system comprising:
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a plurality of image-capturing units that is affixed to the vehicle and that generates image-data items by capturing images outside the periphery of the vehicle; a bird'"'"'s-eye-view-image-drawing unit configured to generate a bird'"'"'s-eye-view image by determining a viewpoint above the vehicle for each of the image-data items generated by the image-capturing units based on the image-data item so that end portions of real spaces corresponding to two adjacent bird'"'"'s-eye-view images overlap each other; an image-composition unit configured to generate a bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image by combining the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images with one another according to a predetermined layout; an object-detection unit configured to detect at least one object existing in at least one real space corresponding to at least one joining portion where the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images included in the bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image are joined to each other; a border-width-setting unit configured to determine a border image based on the overlap portions of the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images included in the bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image, the overlap portions being included in the joining portion, and to change a width of the border image when the object-detection unit detects at least one object existing in a real space corresponding to the overlap portion; and an image-addition unit configured to generate a border-and-bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image in the joining portion by superimposing a border image having a width set by the border-width-setting unit on the overlap portion of one of the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image-processing method to process image data obtained by capturing images outside a periphery of a vehicle, the image-processing method comprising the steps of:
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capturing images outside the periphery of the vehicle by using a plurality of image-capturing units affixed to the vehicle and generating image-data items; generating a bird'"'"'s-eye-view image by determining a viewpoint above the vehicle for each of the image-data items generated at the image-capturing step based on the image-data item so that end portions of real spaces corresponding to two adjacent bird'"'"'s-eye-view images overlap each other; generating a bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image by combining the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images with one another according to a predetermined layout; detecting at least one object existing in at least one real space corresponding to at least one portion where the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images included in the bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image are joined to each other; generating a border image based on the overlap portions of the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images included in the bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image, the overlap portions being included in the joining portion, and changing a width of the border image when at least one object existing in a real space corresponding to the overlap portion is detected at the object-detection step; and generating a border-and-bird'"'"'s-eye-view-composite image in the joining portion by superimposing a border image having a width set at the border-width-setting step on the overlap portion of one of the bird'"'"'s-eye-view images.
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