Navigation guidance apparatus and method using wide-angle lens camera image
AssigneeThinkware Systems Corporation
InventorSuk Pil Ko
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for increasing navigation guidance efficiency using a camera image, and to a method for same. The navigation guidance apparatus includes an image obtaining unit that collects external images which are images in the moving direction of a vehicle and captured through a wide-angle lens camera; an image processing unit that processes the collected external images and obtains guidance images related to the guidance points; and an image displaying unit that displays the obtained guidance images on a navigation map.
Claims25
A navigation guide apparatus comprising:
- an image acquiring unit for collecting an external image which is a driving direction image of a vehicle captured via a wide angle lens camera;
- an image processing unit for acquiring a guide image associated with a guide spot by processing the collected external image;
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- an image display unit for displaying the acquired guide image on a map of the navigation.
A navigation guide apparatus operating in a black box for a vehicle comprising a wide angle lens camera, the navigation guide apparatus comprising:
- a request receiving unit for receiving a request for a guide image associated with a guide spot out of external images which are driving-direction external images from the navigation;
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- an image processing unit for acquiring the guide image and transmitting the guide image to the navigation.
A navigation guide method comprising:
- a step of collecting an external image which is a direction of a vehicle captured by a wide angle lens camera;
- a step of acquiring a guide image associated with the guide spot by processing the collected external image;
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- a step of displaying the acquiring guide image on a map of the navigation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.