On-vehicle lighting apparatus
AssigneeFujitsu Ten Limited
InventorsMasahiro YAMADA, Azusa MATSUOKA, Susumu TANIGUCHI
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Abstract
In an image display system, respective light volumes of a plurality of light sources are individually adjusted according to surrounding areas of a vehicle indicated as subject images of display images on a display. Thus, only the light volumes of a necessary part of the light sources can be increased. Therefore, all of the plurality of light sources are not necessary to be emitted at maximum capacity constantly, so that consumed electric power can be reduced.
Claims12
An on-vehicle lighting apparatus that provides illumination to assists an image-generating apparatus in shooting, the image-generating apparatus generating composite images including at least a part of surrounding areas of a vehicle which is viewed from virtual viewpoints, based on shot images obtained by shooting of the surrounding areas of the vehicle by plural cameras, the image-generating apparatus causing a display apparatus to display at least one image out of the shot images and the composite images as a display image, the on-vehicle lighting apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of light sources that respectively light plural areas obtained by dividing a particular area of the surrounding areas of the vehicle;
- and
- an adjusting unit that individually adjusts respective light volumes of the plurality of light sources according to the surrounding areas of the vehicle included in the display image.
An image processing apparatus installed in a vehicle, the image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image-generating apparatus that generates composite images including at least a part of surrounding areas of the vehicle which is viewed from virtual viewpoints, based on shot images obtained by shooting of the surrounding areas of the vehicle by plural cameras;
- and
- an on-vehicle lighting apparatus that provides illumination to assist the image-generating apparatus in shooting, wherein
- the image-generating apparatus causes a display apparatus to display at least one image out of the shot images and the composite images as a display image, and
- the on-vehicle lighting apparatus includes:
- a plurality of light sources that respectively light plural areas obtained by dividing a particular area of the surrounding areas of the vehicle;
- and
- an adjusting unit that individually adjusts respective light volumes of the plurality of light sources according to the surrounding areas of the vehicle included in the display image.
An image display system installed in a vehicle, the image display system comprising:
- an image-generating apparatus that generates composite images including at least a part of surrounding areas of the vehicle which is viewed from virtual viewpoints, based on shot images obtained by shooting of the surrounding areas of the vehicle by plural cameras;
- an on-vehicle lighting apparatus that provides illumination to assist the image-generating apparatus in shooting;
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- a display apparatus that displays at least one image out of the shot images and the composite images as a display image, wherein
- the on-vehicle lighting apparatus includes:
- a plurality of light sources that respectively light plural areas obtained by dividing a particular area of the surrounding areas of the vehicle;
- and
- an adjusting unit that individually adjusts respective light volumes of the plurality of light sources according to the surrounding areas of the vehicle included in the display image.
A lighting method for providing illumination to assist an image-generating apparatus in shooting, the image-generating apparatus generating composite images including at least a part of surrounding areas of a vehicle which is viewed from virtual viewpoints, based on shot images obtained by shooting of the surrounding areas of the vehicle by plural cameras, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying at least one image out of the shot images and the composite images as a display image on a display apparatus;
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- (b) individually adjusting respective light volumes of a plurality of light sources that respectively light plural areas obtained by dividing a particular area of the surrounding areas of the vehicle according to the surrounding areas of the vehicle included in the display image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.