IP Library Granted Patent US 12711587
Granted Patent B2
US 12711587 · App. 18/787,116 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Camera system mounted on moving body, control method for camera system, image processing apparatus, and image processing method

Inventor: Yuya Horii (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G06T5/80G06F3/14G06V20/56H04N23/631
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12711587
App. No.
18/787,116
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera system includes an image acquisition unit that acquires an image generated by an imaging unit installed to capture an image of a region above a moving body and configured to capture an optical image including a first region with high distortion corresponding to an angle of view less than a predetermined angle of view and a second region with lower distortion than the first region corresponding to an angle of view equal to or greater than the predetermined angle of view, a clipping angle-of-view setting unit that sets an angle of view at which a part of the captured image is to be displayed on a monitor, a distortion correction processing unit the performs distortion correction processing on an image clipped at the set angle of view, based on information on the set angle of view, and a monitor configured to display the distortion-corrected clipped image.

Claims (59)

1 . A camera system comprising:

an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image generated by an imaging unit, the imaging unit being installed so as to capture an image of a region above a moving body and configured to capture an optical image, the optical image including a first region with high distortion corresponding to an angle of view less than a predetermined angle of view and a second region with lower distortion than the first region corresponding to an angle of view equal to or greater than the predetermined angle of view;

a clipping angle-of-view setting unit configured to set an angle of view at which a part of the image captured by the imaging unit is to be displayed on a monitor;

a distortion correction processing unit configured to perform distortion correction processing on a clipped image that is clipped at the angle of view set by the clipping angle-of-view setting unit, based on information on the angle of view set by the clipping angle-of-view setting unit; and

a monitor configured to display the clipped image on which the distortion correction has been performed.

2 . The camera system according to claim 1 , wherein the distortion correction processing unit performs the distortion correction processing in a case where the clipping angle of view set by the clipping angle-of-view setting unit includes the first region, and does not perform the distortion correction processing in a case where the clipping angle of view does not include the first region.

3 . The camera system according to claim 1 , further comprising a rotation processing control unit configured to perform rotation processing in a case where the clipping angle of view set by the clipping angle-of-view setting unit is inclined with respect to pixel arrangement of the imaging unit, and does not perform the rotation processing in a case where the clipping angle of view is not inclined with respect to the pixel arrangement of the imaging unit.

4 . The camera system according to claim 1 , wherein the imaging unit includes:

an optical system configured to form the optical image; and

an imaging element configured to capture the optical image formed by the optical system.

5 . The camera system according to claim 1 , wherein the second region with lower distortion than the first region and first region with high distortion correspond to a high-resolution region and a low-resolution region of the optical image, respectively.

6 . The camera system according to claim 4 , wherein the optical system satisfies the following conditional expression:

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where f is a focal length, θ is a half angle of view, y is an image height on an image plane, y(θ) is a projection characteristic representing a relationship between the image height y and the half angle of view θ, and θmax is a maximum half angle of view of the optical system.

7 . The camera system according to claim 1 , wherein the clipping angle-of-view setting unit determines coordinate information on the clipping angle of view based on a user interface (UI) operation, such as a touch operation or a mouse operation.

8 . A control method for a camera system, the control method comprising:

acquiring an image generated by an imaging unit, the imaging unit being installed so as to capture an image of a region above a moving body and configured to capture an optical image, the optical image including a first region with high distortion corresponding to an angle of view less than a predetermined angle of view and a second region with lower distortion than the first region corresponding to an angle of view equal to or greater than the predetermined angle of view;

setting an angle of view at which a part of the image captured by the imaging unit is to be displayed on a monitor;

performing distortion correction processing on a clipped image that is clipped at the angle of view set in the setting, based on information on the angle of view set in the setting; and

displaying the clipped image on which the distortion correction has been performed on a monitor.

9 . An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image generated by an imaging unit, the imaging unit being installed so as to capture an image of a region above a moving body and configured to capture an optical image, the optical image including a first region with high distortion corresponding to an angle of view less than a predetermined angle of view and a second region with lower distortion than the first region corresponding to an angle of view equal to or greater than the predetermined angle of view;

a clipping angle-of-view setting unit configured to set an angle of view at which a part of the image captured by the imaging unit is to be displayed on a monitor;

a distortion correction processing unit configured to perform distortion correction processing on a clipped image that is clipped at the angle of view set by the clipping angle-of-view setting unit, based on information on the angle of view set by the clipping angle-of-view setting unit; and

a display control unit configured to display the clipped image on which the distortion correction has been performed on a monitor.

10 . An image processing method comprising:

acquiring an image generated by an imaging unit, the imaging unit being installed so as to capture an image of a region above a moving body and configured to capture an optical image, the optical image including a first region with high distortion corresponding to an angle of view less than a predetermined angle of view and a second region with lower distortion than the first region corresponding to an angle of view equal to or greater than the predetermined angle of view;

setting an angle of view at which a part of the image captured by the imaging unit is to be displayed on a monitor;

performing distortion correction processing on a clipped image that is clipped at the angle of view set in the setting, based on information on the angle of view set in the setting; and

displaying the clipped image on which the distortion correction has been performed on a monitor.