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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2007
Applicants:
Kenta Nakanishi, Aichi, JP;
Yoshiki Ueyama, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kenta Nakanishi, Aichi, JP;
Yoshiki Ueyama, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Mapmaster Incorporated, Aichi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
[Object] To provide a system that is able to generate road images with the effects of obstructions such as parked vehicles eliminated. [Solution means] A road image generating system which films road surfaces via an optical system mounted on a vehicle and generates road images by synthesizing the display contents of particular pixels in the road surface images obtained, and in which the display contents of multiple pixels obtained by filming of the same road surface at differing times and/or with differing optical systems are blended.