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Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2009
Applicants:

Toshiaki Gomi, Kawasaki, JP;

Seiya Shimizu, Kawasaki, JP;

Hiroshi Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Toshiaki Gomi, Kawasaki, JP;

Seiya Shimizu, Kawasaki, JP;

Hiroshi Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image processing apparatus, includes: a state information unit obtaining state information that indicates a state of driving operation of the vehicle; an image storage storing a two-dimensional image data obtained from imaging devices whose viewing fields partly overlap; a specifying unit compositing the data into a shape of a three-dimensional projection plane, and then specifying, in correspondence to the state information, a compositing method overlapping portions of viewing fields to be used for transformation from a three-dimensional image into a projection image viewed from a viewpoint along a line-of-sight; and an image transformation unit transforming the data into projection image data viewed from the viewpoint along the line-of-sight direction using the compositing method.


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