Driver assistance system for displaying surroundings of a vehicle
First Claim
1. A driver assistance system configured to display on a vehicle display an image of corresponding surroundings of a vehicle, the driver assistance system comprising:
- at least one image capturing camera configured to capture images of surroundings of a vehicle;
a viewpoint converter configured to perform viewpoint conversion on the images to generate a viewpoint converted image having a point of view looking downwardly from above the vehicle;
at least one sensor configured to detect a distance or a partial shape of at least one object in surroundings of the vehicle; and
an image processor configured to modify the viewpoint converted image based on the detected distance or the partial shape of the at least one object looking from the vehicle to the at least one object, wherein the modification of the viewpoint converted image includes enhancing a three dimensional appearance of the at least one object in the viewpoint converted image,wherein the system is configured to enhance the three dimensional appearance of the viewpoint converted image by;
generating a three dimensional landscape of at least a section of the vehicle surroundings based on the received sensor data; and
mapping the viewpoint converted image on the generated three dimensional landscape,wherein the generating of the three dimensional landscape creates a mesh of detected objects in the vehicle surroundings, wherein the shape of the landscape is approximated by mesh areas, each mesh area having a space orientation that is taken into consideration when mapping images of the surrounding of the vehicle into the mesh areas.
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Abstract
A driver assistance system is configured to display on a vehicle display an image of corresponding surroundings of a vehicle, having at least one image capturing camera; a viewpoint converter to generate a viewpoint converted image having a point of view looking downwardly from above the vehicle; at least one sensor configured to detect a distance or a partial shape of at least one object in surroundings of the vehicle; an image processor configured to modify the viewpoint converted image based on the detected distance or the partial shape of the at least one object looking from the vehicle to the at least one object, wherein the modification of the viewpoint converted image includes enhancing the three dimensional appearance of the at least one object in the viewpoint converted image.
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1. A driver assistance system configured to display on a vehicle display an image of corresponding surroundings of a vehicle, the driver assistance system comprising:
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at least one image capturing camera configured to capture images of surroundings of a vehicle; a viewpoint converter configured to perform viewpoint conversion on the images to generate a viewpoint converted image having a point of view looking downwardly from above the vehicle; at least one sensor configured to detect a distance or a partial shape of at least one object in surroundings of the vehicle; and an image processor configured to modify the viewpoint converted image based on the detected distance or the partial shape of the at least one object looking from the vehicle to the at least one object, wherein the modification of the viewpoint converted image includes enhancing a three dimensional appearance of the at least one object in the viewpoint converted image, wherein the system is configured to enhance the three dimensional appearance of the viewpoint converted image by; generating a three dimensional landscape of at least a section of the vehicle surroundings based on the received sensor data; and mapping the viewpoint converted image on the generated three dimensional landscape, wherein the generating of the three dimensional landscape creates a mesh of detected objects in the vehicle surroundings, wherein the shape of the landscape is approximated by mesh areas, each mesh area having a space orientation that is taken into consideration when mapping images of the surrounding of the vehicle into the mesh areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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11. A method of assisting a driver to display on a vehicle display an image of corresponding surroundings of the vehicle;
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capture at least one image of surroundings of the vehicle; convert the at least one image to another viewpoint having a view looking downwardly from above the vehicle; detect a distance of at least one object in surroundings of the vehicle with at least one sensor to determine the distance of an object; and modify the viewpoint converted image to enhance a three dimensional appearance of the at least one object in the viewpoint converted image, enhancing the three dimensional appearance of the viewpoint converted image by; generating a three dimensional landscape of at least a section of the vehicle surroundings based on the received sensor data; and mapping the viewpoint converted image on the generated three dimensional landscape, wherein the generating of the three dimensional landscape creates a mesh of detected objects in the vehicle surroundings, wherein the shape of the landscape is approximated by mesh areas, each mesh area having a space orientation that is taken into consideration when mapping images of the surrounding of the vehicle into the mesh areas.
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