Image processing apparatus and image processing method for generating synthetic image and changing synthetic image

An image processing method comprising:

• generating a synthetic image (i) providing, based on a plurality of onboard camera images, a view of an environment surrounding a vehicle positioned on a predetermined parking zone from a virtual viewpoint and (ii) including images of first markers positioned at predetermined positions with respect to the parking zone that correspond to the camera images on a parking plane on which the vehicle is parked;
• superimposing frame-shaped indicators at predetermined fixed positions in the synthetic image;
• displaying the generated synthetic image and the frame-shaped indicators;
• when among the marker images and the frame-shaped indicators, one marker image and a corresponding frame-shaped indicator on the display do not match each other, receiving a change of an image region that is based on one camera image including the image of the first marker of the camera images, while the vehicle is stopping on the parking zone;
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• generating a changed synthetic image based on the image region every time a change in the image region is received without moving the vehicle.

An image processing apparatus for processing an image, the image processing apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

• generate a synthetic image (i) providing, based on a single onboard camera image including the image of the marker, a view of an environment surrounding a vehicle positioned on a predetermined parking zone from a virtual viewpoint and (ii) including an image of a marker provided at a predetermined position with respect to the parking zone that correspond to the camera image;
• superimpose a frame-shaped indicator at a predetermined fixed position in the synthetic image;
• display the generated synthetic image and the frame-shaped indicator on a display;
• when the marker image and the frame-shaped indicator on the display do not match each other, receive a change of an image region that is based on the camera image, while the vehicle is stopping on the parking zone;
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• generate a changed synthetic image based on the changed image region every time a change in the image region is received without moving the vehicle.