IP Library Granted Patent US 8,090,148
Granted Patent B2
US 8,090,148 · App. 12/018,306 · Granted Jan 3, 2012

Image processor, vehicle, and image processing method

Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,090,148
App. No.
12/018,306
Granted
Jan 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processor includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a camera image captured by a camera provided on a vehicle, a first image converter configured to project the camera image onto a flat surface to convert the camera image into a flat surface projection image, and a second image converter configured to project the camera image onto a curved surface to convert the camera image into a curved surface projection image. The first image converter converts a first image region having a predetermined width within the camera image into the flat surface projection image, and the second image converter converts a second image region outside the first image region in a width direction, within the camera image, into the curved surface projection image.

Claims (27)

1. An image processor, comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire a camera image captured by a camera provided on a vehicle;

a first image converter configured to project the camera image onto a flat surface to convert the camera image into a flat surface projection image; and

a second image converter configured to project the camera image onto a curved surface to convert the camera image into a curved surface projection image, wherein

the first image converter converts a first image region having a predetermined width within the camera image into the flat surface projection image, and

the second image converter converts a second image region which is region outside the first image region in a width direction, within the camera image, into the curved surface projection image.

2. The image processor according to claim 1 , further comprising a composition unit configured to combine a plurality of camera images and to generate a composite image, wherein

the acquisition unit acquires the plurality of camera images;

the first image converter converts the first image region within the composite image into the flat surface projection image; and

the second image converter converts the second image region within the—composite image into the curved surface projection images.

3. The image processor according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined width corresponds to the width of the vehicle.

4. The image processor according to claim 1 , further comprising a detector configured to detect a traveling direction of the vehicle, wherein

the first image converter shifts a position of the first image region within the camera image in a width direction in accordance with the detected traveling direction.

5. The image processor according to claim 1 , further comprising a setting unit configured to set the predetermined width, wherein

the first image converter converts the first image region having the predetermined width set by the setting unit, into the flat surface projection image.

6. A vehicle comprising a camera and an image processor, wherein the image processor includes:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire a camera image captured by the camera;

a first image converter configured to project the camera image onto a flat surface to convert the camera image into a flat surface projection image; and

a second image converter configured to project the camera image onto a curved surface to convert the camera image into a curved surface projection image, and wherein

the first image converter converts a first image region having a predetermined width within the camera image into the flat surface projection image, and

the second image converter converts a second image region which is region outside the first image region in a width direction, within the camera image, into the curved surface projection image.

7. An image processing method comprising the steps of:

acquiring a camera image captured by a camera provided on a vehicle;

projecting the camera image onto a flat surface to convert the camera image into a flat surface projection image; and

projecting the camera image onto a curved surface to convert the camera image into a curved surface projection image, wherein

a first image region having a predetermined width within the camera image is converted into the flat surface projection image, and

a second image region which is region outside the first image region in a width direction within the camera image is converted into the curved surface projection image.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066595/0305 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2008
From: ASARI, KEISUKE; ISHII, YOHEI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020421/0050 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-014161 · Jan 24, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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