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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Hirofumi Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazufumi Mizusawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuyoshi Okada, Yokosuka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The object of the invention is to provide driving support apparatus which allows the driver to intuitively and more accurately recognize the situation around an obstacle thus reducing a burden of the driver. Driving support apparatus according to the invention has a plurality of image pickup means () mounted on a mobile unit, conversion means () for converting an image picked up by said image pickup means () to an image seen from a virtual viewpoint above said image pickup means () or an image obtained through orthogonal projection from above based on a road surface model, 3D map creation means () for detecting three-dimensional information on that other than that on the road surface based on the parallax between the images picked up by the plurality of image pickup means, 3D image composition means () for correcting the distortion of a figure in said viewpoint-converted image based on said detected three-dimensional information, and display means () for displaying said distortion-corrected image.