IP Library Granted Patent US 11,383,642
Granted Patent B2
US 11,383,642 · App. 16/632,930 · Granted Jul 12, 2022

Display control apparatus

Inventor: Kazuya Watanabe (Anjo, JP)
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
B60R1/00G06T1/0007G06T17/00G06V20/58B60R2300/105B60R2300/802G06T2207/30252G06T2215/16
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Patent No.
US 11,383,642
App. No.
16/632,930
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control apparatus includes a hardware processor configured to: acquire a first image and a second image, the first image being obtained at a first height position of a vehicle to capture an image of a circumstance in a first direction, the second image being obtained at a second height position to capture an image of a circumstance in a second direction; acquire a three-dimensional virtual projection plane to which the first and images are projectable, the three-dimensional virtual projection plane including-a side surface; correct, in the height direction, on a basis of a difference between the first and height positions, the correction of the projection position being performed to align contents of the first and second images with each other; and generate a three-dimensional composite image including the first and second images that have been aligned with each other in the height direction by the correction.

Claims (10)

1. A display control apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a hardware processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

acquire a first image and a second image, the first image being obtained from a first image capture device that is mounted at a first height position of a vehicle to capture an image of a circumstance in a first direction of a periphery of the vehicle, the second image being obtained from a second image capture device that is mounted at a second height position differing from the first height position to capture an image of a circumstance in a second direction differing from the first direction;

acquire a three-dimensional virtual projection plane to which the first image and the second image are projectable, the three-dimensional virtual projection plane including at least a side surface that rises in a height direction from a ground contact surface of the vehicle;

correct, in the height direction, a projection position of at least one of the first image and the second image to be projected to the virtual projection plane on a basis of a difference between the first height position and the second height position, the correction of the projection position being performed to align content of the first image and content of the second image with each other; and

generate a three-dimensional composite image including the first image and the second image that have been aligned with each other in the height direction by the correction.

2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor performs the correction of the projection position on a basis of a height ratio between the first height position and the second height position.

3. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a position detection unit device configured to be capable of detecting a position of an object existing around the vehicle,

wherein the hardware processor acquires the virtual projection plane including the side surface that is provided at a position corresponding to the position of the object.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 23, 2021
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058575/0964 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2020
From: WATANABE, KAZUYA
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051580/0949 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-150671 · Aug 3, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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