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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2008
Tatsumaro Yamashita, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Tomoya Kamata, Iwate-ken, JP;
Tatsumaro Yamashita, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Tomoya Kamata, Iwate-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an imaging apparatus capable of enlarging a portion of an image captured by an imaging device of a fisheye camera and displaying the enlarged image on a display screen with little distortion. The imaging apparatus enlarges a section, which is a portion of an image captured by a fisheye camera, and displays the section on a display screen such that the enlargement ratios of points in the section are different from each other. An image processing method uses a change function that changes the enlargement ratio of a field angle depending on the place is used, and converts a portion of the captured image into a central projection image to generate a display image. The use of the change function makes it possible to generate a display image having high visibility.