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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Kazuya Watanabe, Anjo, JP;
Yoji Inui, Ama-gun, JP;
Kinji Yamamoto, Anjo, JP;
Takashi Hiramaki, Nagoya, JP;
Takuya Hashikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuya Maruoka, Okazaki, JP;
Naotaka Kubota, Kariya, JP;
Osamu Kimura, Nagoya, JP;
Itsuko Ohashi, Nagoya, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A periphery monitoring apparatus having an acquisition unit that acquires a three-dimensional model image. The three-dimensional model image indicates an irregular state of a road surface. The three-dimensional model image includes image data outputted from an imaging unit that takes a peripheral image including the road surface in a traveling direction of a vehicle and includes height data that indicates heights of individual regions of the road surface represented in the peripheral image. The periphery monitoring apparatus also includes a control that superimposes an indicator of a height of the road surface based on the height data onto each region included in the acquired three-dimensional model image and displays the three-dimensional model image on a display device.