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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2013
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Kouei Kiyo, Kobe, JP;
Masahiro Yamada, Kobe, JP;
Yasuyoshi Sawada, Kobe, JP;
Takumi Hayashida, Kobe, JP;
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An image acquisition part acquires a plurality of shot images captured by a plurality of cameras disposed on a vehicle, each of the plurality of shot images showing a periphery of the vehicle. An image composer projects data of the plurality of shot images onto a virtual projection surface corresponding to the periphery of the vehicle, and generates a composite image showing the periphery of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using the data projected onto the virtual projection surface. The image composer uses, as the virtual projection surface, a special virtual projection surface that includes a curved area having an upward convex curve. The curved area includes an area where a distance from a location of the vehicle is relatively short and a slope is relatively high, and another area where the distance from the location of the vehicle is relatively long and the slope is relatively low.