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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

May. 16, 2014
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Wende Zhang, Troy, MI (US);

Jinsong Wang, Troy, MI (US);

Kent S. Lybecker, Rochester, MI (US);

Jeffrey S. Piasecki, Rochester, MI (US);

Bakhtiar Brian Litkouhi, Washington, MI (US);

Ryan M. Frakes, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/002 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G06T 3/0093 (2013.01); G06T 5/006 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2300/303 (2013.01); B60R 2300/607 (2013.01); B60R 2300/802 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for creating an enhanced perspective view of an area in front of a vehicle, using images from left-front and right-front cameras. The enhanced perspective view removes the distortion and exaggerated perspective effects which are inherent in wide-angle lens images. The enhanced perspective view uses a camera model including a virtual image surface and other processing techniques which provide corrections for two types of problems which are typically present in de-warped perspective images—including a stretching effect at the peripheral area of a wide-angle image de-warped by rectilinear projection, and double image of objects in an area where left-front and right-front camera images overlap.


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