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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1998
Kenzo Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takafumi Edanami, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A first camera having a fish-eye lens and a second camera having a fish-eye lens are disposed with the respective fish-eye lenses faced with each other. An image pick-up range of the first camera and an image pick-up range of the second camera are partially overlapped, and only a relatively narrow area at the backside of each camera becomes a blind area. A processor sets a frame F in the image pick-up area of the first camera and the image pick-up area of the second camera respectively corresponding to a set monitoring range. The image data within these frames F are taken out and distortions of the image due to the characteristics of the fish-eye lenses and are eliminated to obtain first and second transformed frame data. These transformed frame data are combined by an image combining unit to obtain image data corresponding the monitoring range free from any gap. The combined image data is displayed in a monitor through a PC