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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2009
Toshiaki Gomi, Kawasaki, JP;
Seiya Shimizu, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
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.