Image display device, and image display method
First Claim
1. An image display device comprising:
- an image obtaining unit configured to obtain an image of a surrounding area of a vehicle; and
an image display unit configured to display the image of the surrounding area obtained by the image obtaining unit,wherein the image display unit is configured to divide the image of the surrounding area into a left lateral screen, a central screen and a right lateral screen for display, is configured to perform distortion correction of correcting distortion of the image of the surrounding area displayed on the left lateral screen and the right lateral screen, and is configured to form the left lateral screen and the right lateral screen in a shape based on the distortion correction, and is configured to display the left lateral screen and the right lateral screen being formed in the shape based on the distortion correction with the central screen.
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Abstract
In device 1 including rear view wide angle camera 11, and ECU 20 and display 30 displaying rearward image captured by the camera 11, display control section 25 of the ECU 20 and the display 30 divides the image into right and left rear lateral screens 204 and central rearward screen 202 for display, driver can determine which place is displayed. The section 25 and the display 30 do not display the same image on the screens 204, 202, the driver can understand the distance between object in the image and host vehicle 100. The section 25 performs distortion correction of correcting distortion of the image displayed on the screens 204, the driver can see the image viewable due to the distortion correction. The section 25 forms the screens 204 in shape based on the distortion correction, the driver can understand an approaching position of the object in the image.
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6 Claims
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1. An image display device comprising:
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an image obtaining unit configured to obtain an image of a surrounding area of a vehicle; and an image display unit configured to display the image of the surrounding area obtained by the image obtaining unit, wherein the image display unit is configured to divide the image of the surrounding area into a left lateral screen, a central screen and a right lateral screen for display, is configured to perform distortion correction of correcting distortion of the image of the surrounding area displayed on the left lateral screen and the right lateral screen, and is configured to form the left lateral screen and the right lateral screen in a shape based on the distortion correction, and is configured to display the left lateral screen and the right lateral screen being formed in the shape based on the distortion correction with the central screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An image display method comprising:
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obtaining an image of a surrounding area of a vehicle; and displaying the image of the surrounding area obtained in the obtaining of the image of the surrounding area, wherein the displaying of the image of the surrounding area includes dividing the image of the surrounding area into a left lateral screen, a central screen and a right lateral screen for display, performing distortion correction of correcting distortion of the image of the surrounding area displayed on the left lateral screen and the right lateral screen, and forming the left lateral screen and the right lateral screen in a shape based on the distortion correction, and displaying the left lateral screen and the right lateral screen being formed in the shape based on the distortion correction with the central screen.
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Specification