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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2017
Denso Ten Limited, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yukiko Hatakeyama, Kobe, JP;
Kouei Kiyo, Kobe, JP;
Tamaki Takeuchi, Kobe, JP;
Rie Habuta, Kobe, JP;
Akinari Motohiro, Kobe, JP;
Tomoyuki Sato, Kobe, JP;
Kohei Maejima, Nisshin, JP;
Atsutoshi Sakaguchi, Toyota, JP;
Masahiro Takahashi, Toyota, JP;
DENSO TEN LIMITED, Kobe, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An image generation device according to an embodiment includes a synthesis unit and a superimposition unit. The synthesis unit synthesizes an overview image for a virtual viewpoint that is provided in a manner to look in a direction of travel of a vehicle so as to include at least a portion of a side of the vehicle based on a taken image that is taken by an image-taking unit that is provided on the vehicle. The superimposition unit superimposes a plane image where a vehicle has been caused to be planar, at a position of the vehicle on a road surface, on an overview image that is synthesized by the synthesis unit.