US 2015/0145997 A1 · In-Vehicle Image Processing Device and Semiconductor Device

Abstract

An in-vehicle image processing device capable of appropriately monitoring areas forward of, around, and rearward of a vehicle is provided at low cost. The device is for mounting on a vehicle and includes a camera, an image processing unit, and a determination unit. With a reflector provided in front of the camera, the camera can image, for display in a frame at a time, a first area forward of the vehicle and a second area, e.g. an area around the vehicle. In the image processing unit supplied with such image data from the camera, either the first-area image or the second-area image is appropriately processed whereas image processing is omitted for the other image. Alternatively, both images are subjected to a same image processing. The determination unit supplied with vehicle speed information supplies appropriate control instruction information based on the current vehicle speed to the image processing unit.

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Dependent claims

An in-vehicle image processing device for mounting on a vehicle, comprising a camera, an image recognition unit and a determination unit,

wherein the determination unit is configured to be able to receive speed information on the vehicle and supply control instruction information based on the speed information to the image recognition unit, and
wherein the image recognition unit is configured to be able to:
receive image data from the camera, the image data including image data for a first image area to show an image of an area forward of the vehicle and image data for a second image area to show an image of an area in a different direction, the first image area and the second image area both being simultaneously included in a frame;
subject the image data for both the first image area and the second image area to image processing based on the control instruction information;
and supply results of the image processing to the determination unit.

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A semiconductor device comprising an image recognition unit and a determination unit, the semiconductor device being capable of, by being coupled with a camera for mounting on a vehicle, configuring an in-vehicle image processing device,

wherein the determination unit is configured to be able to receive speed information on the vehicle and supply control instruction information based on the speed information to the image recognition unit, and
wherein the image recognition unit is configured to be able to receive image data from the camera, the image data including image data for a first image area to show an image of an area forward of the vehicle and image data for a second image area to show an image of an area in a different direction, the first image area and the second image area both being simultaneously included in a frame;
subject the image data for both the first image area and the second image area to image processing based on the control instruction information;
and supply results of the image processing to the determination unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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