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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Goro Asai, Toyota, JP;
Yuka Shidochi, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An image display apparatus has: a setting device () for setting a synthesizing plane (CS) at a position that is away backward from a first vehicle; a synthesizing device () for synthesizing a rear image (B) captured by a rear imaging device (B) for imaging a rear area of the first vehicle and a rear side image (BL,BR) captured by a rear side imaging device (B) for imaging a rear side area of the first vehicle to generate a synthesized image (C) in which a scene in the rear image and a scene in the rear side image are seamlessly connected at a position of the synthesizing plane, the setting device sets the synthesizing plane at a position that is different from a position at which the synthesizing plane is set when a second vehicle does not exist at the rear of the first vehicle, when the second vehicle exists at the rear of the first vehicle.