Kyocera Corporation

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Takeo Oshima

Takashi Maekawa

Ryuuichi Sawada

Haruo Yanagisawa

Takashi Inoue

Akinori Iwabuchi

Chinatsu Sakurai

Shinya Tamizu

Takatoshi Nakata

Tomohiro Shimazu

Taro Fukasawa

An image processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface is configured to acquire a first video image capturing an outside area of a moving body. The controller is configured to cause a second video image corresponding to a display region of the first video image to be displayed on a display apparatus. The controller is also configured to detect at least a portion of a detection object in the display region of the first video image, determine whether one or more conditions are met based on a relative positional relationship between the moving body and the detection object and, when it is determined that the one or more conditions are met, cause a first marker corresponding to the detection object to be superimposed on the second video image and displayed on the display apparatus.

Image processing apparatus

An image processing apparatus and method can combine images, while maintaining continuity without causing discomfort, that capture the surrounding area of an automobile. An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires first and second images respectively capturing surrounding areas of an automobile including first and second areas, an outline detector that performs outline detection on the first and second images and generates first and second outlines respectively, a determiner that determines whether the first and second outlines each include an outline of the same object, and a area selector that performs area setting and perspective conversion on the first or second image when the first and second outlines are determined to include an outline of the same object, so that in a combined image generated by combining at least the first and second images, the first and second outlines are continuous at the same object.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method including area setting and perspective conversion

An object of the present invention is to simplify an operation for calibration of a camera and to shorten a time necessary for the calibration. A camera calibration deviceincludes: a cameraconfigured to take an image including an indexprovided outside a movable object; an image superimposing unitconfigured to generate a superimposed image by superimposing a calibration objecthaving a first adjustment partindicating a predetermined area and a second adjustment partindicating a predetermined rotation area; and a calculation unitconfigured to control the image superimposing unitto generate the superimposed image in which the calibration objectis shifted based on a shift instruction of the calibration objectand to calculate, based on a position of the calibration objectafter being shifted in the superimposed image such that an end of the indexis included in the area of the first adjustment partand the indexis positioned in the rotation area of the second adjustment part, parameters relative to a pan angle, a tilt angle and a roll angle for calibrating displacement of a mounting position of the camera

Calibration operation device, camera device, camera system and camera calibration method

An object of the present invention is to simplify a calibration operation of a camera and to shorten a time necessary for calibration. A camera calibration deviceis mounted on a predetermined position of a movable objectand includes a cameraconfigured to take an image including an indexprovided outside the movable object, an image superimposing unitconfigured to generate a superimposed image by superimposing a calibration objecthaving a position adjustment part and a rotation adjustment part on the image taken by the camera, and a calculation unitconfigured to calculate, based on a position of the calibration objectafter being shifted in the superimposed image such that an end or a center of the indexmeets the position adjustment part and a part of the index other than the end or the center overlaps the rotation adjustment part, parameters relative to a pan angle, a tilt angle and a roll angle for calibration of the camera mounting position.

Calibration operation device and calibration operation method

Camera device, camera system and camera calibration method

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Ichikawa, Japan

Takeo Oshima