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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2016
Via Technologies, Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Kuan-Ting Lin, New Taipei, TW;
Yi-Jheng Wu, New Taipei, TW;
VIA Technologies, Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for processing surrounding images of a vehicle are provided. In the method, plural cameras disposed on the vehicle are used to capture images of plural perspective views surrounding the vehicle. The images of the perspective views are transformed into images of a top view. An interval consisted of at least a preset number of consecutive empty pixels is found from one column of pixels in each image of the top view, and the images of the perspective views and the top view are divided into floor side images and wall side images according to the height of the interval in the image. The divided floor side images and wall side images are stitched to generate a synthetic image surrounding the vehicle.