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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Takeo Oshima, Ichikawa, JP;
Takatoshi Nakata, Yokohama, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus and method can combine images, while maintaining continuity without causing discomfort, that capture the surrounding area of an automobile. An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires first and second images respectively capturing surrounding areas of an automobile including first and second areas, an outline detector that performs outline detection on the first and second images and generates first and second outlines respectively, a determiner that determines whether the first and second outlines each include an outline of the same object, and a area selector that performs area setting and perspective conversion on the first or second image when the first and second outlines are determined to include an outline of the same object, so that in a combined image generated by combining at least the first and second images, the first and second outlines are continuous at the same object.