IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An image generation apparatus that is used in a vehicle, the image generation apparatus comprising:
- an image generator that temporally continuously generates a plurality of virtual viewpoint images showing a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using a plurality of captured images acquired by a plurality of cameras; and
a controller configured to control the image generator to;
(i) temporally continuously change a position of the virtual viewpoint so that the plurality of virtual viewpoint images appear to be a moving image showing the vicinity of the vehicle in such a way as to go around the vicinity of the vehicle;
(ii) acquire a detection result from a detector that detects an object existing in the vicinity of the vehicle; and
(iii) determine a rotation direction of the moving image based on a position of the object detected by the detector.
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Abstract
An image generation apparatus that is used in a vehicle, the image generation apparatus includes: an image generator that temporally continuously generates a plurality of virtual viewpoint images showing a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using a plurality of captured images acquired by a plurality of cameras; and a controller configured to control the image generator to: (i) temporally continuously change a position of the virtual viewpoint so that the plurality of virtual viewpoint images appear to be a moving image showing the vicinity of the vehicle in such a way as to go around the vicinity of the vehicle; (ii) acquire a detection result from a detector that detects an object existing in the vicinity of the vehicle; and (iii) determine a rotation direction of the moving image based on a position of the object detected by the detector.
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1. An image generation apparatus that is used in a vehicle, the image generation apparatus comprising:
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an image generator that temporally continuously generates a plurality of virtual viewpoint images showing a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using a plurality of captured images acquired by a plurality of cameras; and a controller configured to control the image generator to; (i) temporally continuously change a position of the virtual viewpoint so that the plurality of virtual viewpoint images appear to be a moving image showing the vicinity of the vehicle in such a way as to go around the vicinity of the vehicle; (ii) acquire a detection result from a detector that detects an object existing in the vicinity of the vehicle; and (iii) determine a rotation direction of the moving image based on a position of the object detected by the detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image generation method that is used in a vehicle, the image generation method comprising the steps of:
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(a) temporally continuously generating, by an image generator, a plurality of virtual viewpoint images showing a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using a plurality of captured images acquired by a plurality of cameras; (b) temporally continuously changing, by a controller that controls the image generator, a position of the virtual viewpoint so that the plurality of virtual viewpoint images appear to be a moving image showing the vicinity of the vehicle in such a way as to go around the vicinity of the vehicle; (c) acquiring, by the controller, a detection result from a detector that detects an object existing in the vicinity of the vehicle; and (d) determining, by the controller, a rotation direction of the moving image based on a position of the object detected by the detector. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a program to be executed by a computer that is used in a vehicle, the program causing the computer to execute the steps of:
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(a) temporally continuously generating a plurality of virtual viewpoint images showing a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using a plurality of captured images acquired by a plurality of cameras; (b) temporally continuously changing a position of the virtual viewpoint so that the plurality of virtual viewpoint images appear to be a moving image showing the vicinity of the vehicle in such a way as to go around the vicinity of the vehicle; (c) acquiring a detection result from a detector that detects an object existing in the vicinity of the vehicle; and (d) determining a rotation direction of the moving image based on a position of the object detected by the detector. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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