Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of processing images photographed by plural cameras and apparatus for the same
- Patent Title (中): 处理由多个摄像机拍摄的图像的方法及其装置
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Application No.: US11679550Application Date: 2007-02-27
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Publication No.: US08009868B2Publication Date: 2011-08-30
- Inventor: Koichi Abe
- Applicant: Koichi Abe
- Applicant Address: JP Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
- Priority: JP2006-057033 20060302
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00

Abstract:
The invention provides a display method of processing images photographed by plural cameras and an apparatus for the same, which synthesizes the images by plural cameras mounted on a vehicle for photographing the surroundings thereof and makes it possible to display an easily viewable three-dimensional object near the vehicle, as if one camera were positioned above the vehicle. An image capture unit captures images photographed by plural cameras that photograph the surroundings of a vehicle. An upper observation point image processing unit synthesizes the captured images into an image viewed as from above the vehicle. An image intensity/chrominance determination unit detects an area wherein the displayed image varies from other areas in the synthesized image based on the intensity/chrominance thereof. When the intensity or the chrominance of the area is continuously varying, a three-dimensional object detection unit determines the detected area as a three-dimensional object. A three-dimensional object display processing is performed regarding the detected three-dimensional object image, using either an ordinary image display or a two-observation point image display. This three-dimensional object display image is associated with an upper observation point image at a base front end of the three-dimensional object by an image connecting synthesizing unit, and the associated image is displayed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070206835A1 Method of Processing Images Photographed by Plural Cameras And Apparatus For The Same Public/Granted day:2007-09-06
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