Cruise-assist image generation device, cruise-assist image generation method, in-vehicle camera and equipment-control assist image generation device

A system comprising:

• an imaging device configured to capture an image of a vehicle periphery;
• a steering angle information receiving circuitry configured to receive steering angle information via an in-vehicle network;
• and
• an image processing circuitry configured to
• retrieve a data set from a plurality of data sets based on the steering angle information that is received, each data set of the plurality of data sets including coordinate data corresponding to a different steering angle of a plurality of steering angles,
• generate a guideline formed by a combination of a number of first direction segments and a number of second direction segments based on the data set retrieved from the plurality of data sets,
• superimpose the guideline on the image of the vehicle periphery,
• output the image with the guideline that has been superimposed to a display, and
• update the guideline based on a change of the steering angle information,
• wherein a first end point coordinate of a first segment of the number of first direction segments is the same coordinate as a first end point coordinate of a first segment of the number of second direction segments,
• wherein a second end point coordinate of the first segment of the number of first direction segments is the same coordinate as a first end point coordinate of a second segment of the number of first direction segments, and
• wherein a second end point coordinate of the first segment of the number of second direction segments is the same coordinate as a first end point coordinate of a second segment of the number of second direction segments.

An image processing method, the method comprising:

• acquiring an image of a vehicle periphery;
• acquiring, with a steering angle information acquisition circuitry, steering angle information from an in-vehicle network;
• retrieving, with an image processing circuitry, a data set from a plurality of data sets based on the steering angle information that is acquired, each data set of the plurality of data sets including coordinate data corresponding to a different steering angle of a plurality of steering angles;
• generating, with the image processing circuitry, a guideline formed by a combination of a number of first direction segments and a number of second direction segments based on the data set retrieved from the plurality of data sets;
• superimposing, with the image processing circuitry, the guideline on the image of the vehicle periphery;
• outputting, with the image processing circuitry, the image with the guideline that has been superimposed to a display;
• and
• updating, with the image processing circuitry, the guideline based on a change of the steering angle information,
• wherein a first end point coordinate of a first segment of the number of first direction segments is the same coordinate as a first end point coordinate of a first segment of the number of second direction segments,
• wherein a second end point coordinate of the first segment of the number of first direction segments is the same coordinate as a first end point coordinate of a second segment of the number of first direction segments, and
• wherein a second end point coordinate of the first segment of the number of second direction segments is the same coordinate as a first end point coordinate of a second segment of the number of second direction segments.