Image generation device, image display system, image generation method and image display method
AssigneeFujitsu Ten Limited
InventorsMiki Murasumi, Shinichi Moriyama, Masahiro Yamada
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Abstract
An image generation unit uses a plurality of captured image data and vehicle body data of a vehicle to continuously generate a virtual perspective image indicating the vehicle body of the vehicle and the periphery of the vehicle as seen from a virtual perspective (VP) positioned within the cabin of the vehicle. An image control unit alters the angle in a plan view of the line of sight of the VP in a manner such that the line of sight circles the surroundings of the vehicle, and moves the position of the VP in the front-back direction of the vehicle.
Claims20
An image generation device to be used for a vehicle, comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of captured image data from a plurality of cameras;
- a generation unit configured to continuously generate a virtual perspective image indicating a periphery of the vehicle and a vehicle body of the vehicle as seen from a virtual perspective positioned within a cabin of the vehicle by using at least one of the plurality of captured image data and vehicle body data of the vehicle;
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- a control unit configured to alter an angle in a plan view of a line of sight of the virtual perspective so that the line of sight circles surroundings of the vehicle and to move a position of the virtual perspective in a front-back direction of the vehicle.
An image generation device to be used for a vehicle, comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of captured image data from a plurality of cameras;
- a generation unit configured to project the plurality of captured image data to a virtual projection plane and to continuously generate a virtual perspective image indicating a periphery of the vehicle as seen from a virtual perspective positioned within a cabin of the vehicle by using an area of a part of the projection plane, and
- a control unit configured to alter an angle in a plan view of a line of sight of the virtual perspective so that the line of sight circles surroundings of the vehicle,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of cameras has a depression angle of an optical axis different from the other cameras, and
- the control unit is configured to adjust a depression angle of the line of sight so that a non-projection area, which is positioned outside a projection area of the projection plane to which the data of the plurality of captured images is to be projected, is not included in the virtual perspective image.
An image display system to be used for a vehicle, comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of captured image data from a plurality of cameras;
- a first generation unit configured to generate a first image indicating a periphery of the vehicle as seen from a first virtual perspective positioned within a cabin of the vehicle by using at least one of the plurality of captured image data;
- a second generation unit configured to generate a second image indicating the periphery of the vehicle as seen from a second virtual perspective positioned within the cabin of the vehicle by using at least one of the plurality of captured image data;
- a display unit configured to display the first image and the second image at the same time, and
- an altering control unit configured to alter a direction of a line of sight of the first virtual perspective and a direction of a line of sight of the second virtual perspective in opposite directions, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.