IP Library Granted Patent US 12711773
Granted Patent B2
US 12711773 · App. 19/366,653 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Apparatus for generating a pseudo-reproducing image, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Inventor: Hiroki Itsukaichi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06T11/60G06T7/70G06V20/58G08G1/166G06T2207/30252
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12711773
App. No.
19/366,653
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image generation apparatus ( 20 ) includes an acquisition unit ( 210 ), a data processing unit ( 220 ), and a display ( 230 ). The acquisition unit ( 210 ) repeatedly acquires analysis data from at least one sending apparatus ( 10 ). The analysis data include at least type data and relative position data. The data processing unit ( 220 ) generates a reconfigured image by using the analysis data each time the data processing unit ( 220 ) acquires the analysis data, and displays the reconfigured image on the display ( 230 ). The reconfigured image includes an indication based on the type data in a position associated with the relative position data. The display may be a mark imitating an outer shape of a kind indicated by the type data, or may be an abstract mark.

Claims (44)

1 . An apparatus comprising:

at least one memory configured to store instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:

based on analysis data including type data, relative position data and road data, generating a reconfigured image by arranging an indication of an object located in the vicinity of a vehicle, the analysis data being generated by processing sensor data from a sensor loaded in the vehicle, the type data indicating a kind of the object, the relative position data indicating a relative position of the object with respect to the vehicle, the road data indicating a state of a road in the vicinity of the vehicle;

determining whether the relative position of the object is anomalous;

acquiring a captured image from a camera loaded in the vehicle; and

displaying the reconfigured image and the captured image in parallel on a display, the reconfigured image including the indication of the object whose relative position is determined to be anomalous.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , the operations further comprise

in a case where a change of the relative position of the object is anomalous, determining the relative position of the object is anomalous.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the state of the road includes a sign drawn on the road.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reconfigured image is an image that reproduces the vicinity of the vehicle.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the object in the reconfigured image is displayed in human form in a case where the kind of the object is a human.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:

acquiring vehicle position data indicating a position of the vehicle;

acquiring map data including a location associated with the vehicle position data; and

generating the reconfigured image by arranging, based on the type data and the relative position data, an indication of the object on a road image generated from the map data.

7 . An image generation method executed by a computer, comprising:

based on analysis data including type data, relative position data and road data, generating a reconfigured image by arranging an indication of an object located in the vicinity of a vehicle, the analysis data being generated by processing sensor data from a sensor loaded in the vehicle, the type data indicating a kind of the object, the relative position data indicating a relative position of the object with respect to the vehicle, the road data indicating a state of a road in the vicinity of the vehicle;

determining whether the relative position of the object is anomalous;

acquiring a captured image from a camera loaded in the vehicle; and

displaying the reconfigured image and the captured image in parallel on a display, the reconfigured image including the indication of the object whose relative position is determined to be anomalous.

8 . The image generation method according to claim 7 , further comprising

in a case where a change of the relative position of the object is anomalous, determining the relative position of the object is anomalous.

9 . The image generation method according to claim 7 , wherein the state of the road includes a sign drawn on the road.

10 . The image generation method according to claim 7 , wherein the reconfigured image is an image that reproduces the vicinity of the vehicle.

11 . The image generation method according to claim 7 , wherein the object in the reconfigured image is displayed in human form in a case where the kind of the object is a human.

12 . The image generation method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

acquiring vehicle position data indicating a position of the vehicle;

acquiring map data including a location associated with the vehicle position data; and

generating the reconfigured image by arranging, based on the type data and the relative position data, an indication of the object on a road image generated from the map data.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to perform operations comprising:

based on analysis data including type data, relative position data and road data, generating a reconfigured image by arranging an indication of an object located in the vicinity of a vehicle, the analysis data being generated by processing sensor data from a sensor loaded in the vehicle, the type data indicating a kind of the object, the relative position data indicating a relative position of the object with respect to the vehicle, the road data indicating a state of a road in the vicinity of the vehicle;

determining whether the relative position of the object is anomalous;

acquiring a captured image from a camera loaded in the vehicle; and

displaying the reconfigured image and the captured image in parallel on a display, the reconfigured image including the indication of the object whose relative position is determined to be anomalous.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , the operations further comprise

in a case where a change of the relative position of the object is anomalous, determining the relative position of the object is anomalous.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the state of the road includes a sign drawn on the road.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the reconfigured image is an image that reproduces the vicinity of the vehicle.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the object in the reconfigured image is displayed in human form in a case where the kind of the object is a human.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the operations comprise:

acquiring vehicle position data indicating a position of the vehicle;

acquiring map data including a location associated with the vehicle position data; and

generating the reconfigured image by arranging, based on the type data and the relative position data, an indication of the object on a road image generated from the map data.