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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2007
Masayasu Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Akatsuka, Yokohama, JP;
Masayasu Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Akatsuka, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicle circumferential image providing device, an image converting unitgenerates an overhead imagefrom images picked up with plural camera modules. An image detecting unitperforms edge detection in an overhead image. Further, the image detecting unitdetermines continuity of edge lines connecting between connected parts in the overhead image, among the detected edge lines. When the edge lines striding over the connected parts in the overhead imageare discontinuous, the image detecting unitsets edge lines at the far side of the own vehicle to match edge lines at the near side of the own vehicle, thereby setting the edge lines continuous at the connected parts.