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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus connected to an imaging apparatus installed in a vehicle includes an obtaining unit which obtains image data obtained by the imaging apparatus capturing an image of a portion on a rear side of the vehicle, a specifying unit which specifies, as a compression region, a pixel region which does not include image elements indicating straight objects extending along a traveling direction of the vehicle in a pixel region in a lower portion in the image data, a generation unit which generates display image data of a predetermined display size by compressing the specified compression region in the image data, and a controller which performs control so that the generated display image data is visually recognized through an electronic mirror disposed as a rearview mirror of the vehicle.