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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Terada, Kariya, JP;
Masaki Kuwahara, Kariya, JP;
Hiroaki Ito, Toyota, JP;
Naohide Uchida, Numazu, JP;
Jun Kishiwada, Tokyo, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-Pref., JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an apparatus for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle based on a plurality of images captured by a plurality of imagers through a windshield of the vehicle, an image acquirer is configured to acquire the plurality of images captured by the plurality of imagers, and a distortion corrector is configured to correct the plurality of images based on an optical distortion distribution of the windshield.