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AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshiaki Takahashi, Hirofumi Inoue, Yasuhide Yamamoto
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In image display apparatus, method, and program for an automotive vehicle, a surrounding of the vehicle is photographed, a plurality of display images are generated from a photographed data supplied from a photographing section, viewing points of the respective display images and looking down angles thereof being different from one another, one of the images generated is displayed through a display, and the display image generated and displayed through the display is switched to another one of the generated display images.
An image display apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
An image display apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
An image display apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
An image display method for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
An image display method for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
An image display program for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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Context or environment of the image: exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
Anti-collision systems: driving aids for parking, e.g. acoustic or visual feedback on parking space
Image and video recognition
Traffic control systems
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to image display apparatus, method, and program for an automotive vehicle which are capable of displaying the vehicle and a surrounding of the vehicle viewed from an upper sky through a looking down angle that the vehicle driver desires.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an image display apparatus for an automotive vehicle in a first preferred embodiment according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a first explanatory view for explaining a transformation process from a top view image to a bird's eye view image.
FIG. 3 is a second explanatory view for explaining the transformation process from the top view image to the bird's eye view image.
Reference will hereinafter be made to the drawings in order to facilitate a better understanding of the present invention.
(First Embodiment)
A vehicular image display apparatus 100 in a first preferred embodiment according to the present invention is an apparatus in which an image of an automotive vehicle and a surrounding of the vehicle looking down from a viewing point located at an upper sky above the vehicle is displayed on a display 4 installed within a vehicular passenger compartment. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the image display apparatus in the first preferred embodiment according to the present invention. FIGS. 2 and 3 show explanatory views for explaining a transform process from a top view image (a whole vehicular image, or plan view image) into a bird's eye view image (FIG. 2 corresponds to a Y-axis direction transformation process and FIG. 3 corresponds to an X-axis direction transformation process). As shown in FIG. 1, in the first preferred embodiment, image display apparatus 100 includes: a plurality of cameras (1a, 1b, - - - ) photographing the vehicle and the surrounding of the vehicle; a display image generating (producing) section 2 which generates display images from the photographed data photographed by cameras 1a, 1b, - - - ; and a display 4 which displays the prepared display image. Camera 1a, 1b, - - - , disposed at an outside of the vehicle to photograph the surrounding of the vehicle and to obtain the photograph data. An arrangement of cameras 1a, 1b, - - - and the number of cameras 1a, 1b, - - - are, specifically, not limited. Cameras 1 (1a, 1b, - - - ) may be constituted by optical cameras having lens systems. In the first embodiment, digital cameras having CCD (Charge Coupled Device) devices are adopted as surrounding photographing cameras 1a and 1b. The photographed data are supplied to display image generating section 2.