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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2010
Noboru Nagamine, Anjo, JP;
Kazuya Watanabe, Anjo, JP;
Tomoyuki Matsuba, Anjo, JP;
Jun Kadowaki, Kariya, JP;
Toshihiro Mori, Okazaki, JP;
Yuuichi Ooshita, Nagoya, JP;
Noboru Nagamine, Anjo, JP;
Kazuya Watanabe, Anjo, JP;
Tomoyuki Matsuba, Anjo, JP;
Jun Kadowaki, Kariya, JP;
Toshihiro Mori, Okazaki, JP;
Yuuichi Ooshita, Nagoya, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle periphery image generation apparatus for generating a vehicle periphery image with a wide view. The apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires vehicle periphery images obtained by vehicle mounted photographic cameras, a display device, a viewing point position setting unit that sets the position to a viewing point from a perpendicular upward direction, a fish-eye image generation unit for generating a fish-eye image using the periphery images and a position set by the viewing point position setting unit, a self vehicle image generation unit that generates a self vehicle image as the fish-eye image with the position set by the viewing point position setting unit, and a display image generation unit for generating an image to be displayed on the display device using the fish-eye image and the self vehicle image, wherein the position of the viewing point of the fish-eye image can be changed.