Camera system mounted on moving body, control method for camera system, image processing apparatus, and image processing method

A control method for a camera system, the control method comprising:

• acquiring an image generated by an imaging unit, the imaging unit being installed so as to capture an image of a region above a moving body and configured to capture an optical image, the optical image including a first region with high distortion corresponding to an angle of view less than a predetermined angle of view and a second region with lower distortion than the first region corresponding to an angle of view equal to or greater than the predetermined angle of view;
• setting an angle of view at which a part of the image captured by the imaging unit is to be displayed on a monitor;
• performing distortion correction processing on a clipped image that is clipped at the angle of view set in the setting, based on information on the angle of view set in the setting;
• and
• displaying the clipped image on which the distortion correction has been performed on a monitor.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image generated by an imaging unit, the imaging unit being installed so as to capture an image of a region above a moving body and configured to capture an optical image, the optical image including a first region with high distortion corresponding to an angle of view less than a predetermined angle of view and a second region with lower distortion than the first region corresponding to an angle of view equal to or greater than the predetermined angle of view;
• a clipping angle-of-view setting unit configured to set an angle of view at which a part of the image captured by the imaging unit is to be displayed on a monitor;
• a distortion correction processing unit configured to perform distortion correction processing on a clipped image that is clipped at the angle of view set by the clipping angle-of-view setting unit, based on information on the angle of view set by the clipping angle-of-view setting unit;
• and
• a display control unit configured to display the clipped image on which the distortion correction has been performed on a monitor.

An image processing method comprising:

• acquiring an image generated by an imaging unit, the imaging unit being installed so as to capture an image of a region above a moving body and configured to capture an optical image, the optical image including a first region with high distortion corresponding to an angle of view less than a predetermined angle of view and a second region with lower distortion than the first region corresponding to an angle of view equal to or greater than the predetermined angle of view;
• setting an angle of view at which a part of the image captured by the imaging unit is to be displayed on a monitor;
• performing distortion correction processing on a clipped image that is clipped at the angle of view set in the setting, based on information on the angle of view set in the setting;
• and
• displaying the clipped image on which the distortion correction has been performed on a monitor.