Vehicle periphery display device and method for vehicle periphery image
First Claim
1. A vehicle periphery display device indicating an image of a periphery of a vehicle, the vehicle periphery display device comprising:
- an imaging unit configured to photograph an image of a periphery of the vehicle;
a first object detection unit configured toobtain image information related to at least one of a brightness and a color of the photographed image from the photographed image,obtain position information on the photographed image from the photographed image,detect an object including at least one of a road indication and an on-road object from the obtained image information according to a specific feature of the object in the photographed image by comparing a level of the at least one of the brightness and the color of the photographed image with a predetermined threshold level, the object being detected when the level of the at least one of the brightness and the color of the photographed image exceed the predetermined threshold level, andassociate the image information on the object with the position information on the object;
a storing unit configured tobeforehand store a vehicle image of the vehicle andstore history data of the associated image information and the position information;
a graphic unit configured togenerate an image according to the history data,overlap the generated image and an image including the beforehand stored vehicle image, andconvert the overlapped image to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint,a display screen includinga peripheral image display region configured to indicate the present image of the periphery of the vehicle obtained by the imaging unit anda history display region adjacent to the peripheral image display region and configured to indicate the converted image and the object detected from the image information in the converted image at a position according to the associated position information.
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Abstract
An imaging unit photographs an image of a periphery of the vehicle. An object detection unit obtains image information related to a brightness or a color of the image and position information on the obtained image from the image and detects object from the image information according to a specific feature of the image. A storing unit prestores a vehicle image and history data, which include the image information associated with the position information. A graphic unit overlaps the vehicle image and an image produced according to the history data and converts the overlapped image to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint. A peripheral image display region indicates a present periphery of the vehicle. A history display region is adjacent to the peripheral image display region for indicating the converted image and the detected object at a position according to the position information.
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19 Claims
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1. A vehicle periphery display device indicating an image of a periphery of a vehicle, the vehicle periphery display device comprising:
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an imaging unit configured to photograph an image of a periphery of the vehicle; a first object detection unit configured to obtain image information related to at least one of a brightness and a color of the photographed image from the photographed image, obtain position information on the photographed image from the photographed image, detect an object including at least one of a road indication and an on-road object from the obtained image information according to a specific feature of the object in the photographed image by comparing a level of the at least one of the brightness and the color of the photographed image with a predetermined threshold level, the object being detected when the level of the at least one of the brightness and the color of the photographed image exceed the predetermined threshold level, and associate the image information on the object with the position information on the object; a storing unit configured to beforehand store a vehicle image of the vehicle and store history data of the associated image information and the position information; a graphic unit configured to generate an image according to the history data, overlap the generated image and an image including the beforehand stored vehicle image, and convert the overlapped image to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint, a display screen including a peripheral image display region configured to indicate the present image of the periphery of the vehicle obtained by the imaging unit and a history display region adjacent to the peripheral image display region and configured to indicate the converted image and the object detected from the image information in the converted image at a position according to the associated position information. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for indicating an image of a periphery of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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photographing a present image of a periphery of the vehicle; obtaining image information related to at least one of a brightness and a color of the photographed image from the photographed image; obtaining position information on the photographed image from the photographed image; detecting a parking line, which specifies a parking space from the obtained image information related to at least one of the brightness and the color of the photographed image according to a specific feature of the object in the photographed image by comparing a level of the at least one of the brightness and the color of the photographed image with a predetermined threshold level, the object being detected when the level of the at least one of the brightness and the color of the photographed image exceed the predetermined threshold level; associating the obtained image information on the object with the obtained position information on the object; storing history data of the associated image information and the associated position information; generating an image according to the history data; overlapping the generated image and a beforehand stored vehicle image of the vehicle; converting the overlapped image to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint; indicating the present image of the periphery of the vehicle in a peripheral image display region; indicating the converted image in a history display region adjacent to the peripheral image display region; and indicating the detected object in the converted image at a position according to the associated position information. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A vehicle periphery display device indicating an image of a periphery of a vehicle, the vehicle periphery display device comprising:
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an imaging unit configured to photograph an image of a periphery of the vehicle; a first object detection unit configured to obtain image information related to at least one of a brightness and a color of the photographed image from the photographed image, obtain position information on the photographed image from the photographed image, detect a parking line, which specifies a parking space, from the obtained image information related to at least one of the brightness and the color of the photographed image according to a specific feature of the parking line in the photographed image by comparing a level of the at least one of the brightness and the color of the photographed image with a predetermined threshold level, the object being detected when the level of the at least one of the brightness and the color of the photographed image exceed the predetermined threshold level, and associate the image information on the parking line with the position information on the parking line; a storing unit configured to store a vehicle image of the vehicle and store history data of the associated image information and the position information; a graphic unit configured to generate an image according to the history data, overlap the generated image and an image including the stored vehicle image, and convert the overlapped image to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint, a display screen including a peripheral image display region configured to indicate the present image of the periphery of the vehicle obtained by the imaging unit and a history display region adjacent to the peripheral image display region and configured to indicate the converted image and the parking line detected from the image information in the converted image by allocating a dot in a predetermined size at a position according to the associated position information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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