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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2009
Shusaku Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Iisaka, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Morimura, Nara, JP;
Shusaku Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Iisaka, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Morimura, Nara, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera for taking a state behind a vehicle is installed in a position laterally shifted from the rear center of the vehicle. An image processing unit generates a rear image from a camera image by shifting merely a rectangular area of the camera image so that a vertical center line thereof can substantially accord with the center line along the lengthwise direction of the vehicle. Furthermore, processing for correcting lens distortion may be performed. As a result, when the vehicle is moved straight backward, an object present on the center line of the vehicle moves vertically in substantially the center of the screen, so that a user can be prevented from having an odd feeling to see the image.