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Granted Patent B2
US 11,433,810 · App. 17/287,745 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Image processing apparatus, camera, moveable body, and image processing method

Inventor: Akifumi Hirata (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
B60R1/00G01C21/3826G06V20/58G08B5/22H04N5/272B60R2300/301B60R2300/8086
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,433,810
App. No.
17/287,745
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus ( 10 ) includes an interface ( 12 ) configured to acquire a surrounding image of a moveable body ( 1 ) and a processor ( 12 ) configured to overlay a display indicating a course trajectory of a specific portion of the moveable body ( 1 ) in a travel direction of the moveable body ( 1 ) on the surrounding image at a position corresponding to the height of the specific portion from a road surface ( 3 ). The processor ( 12 ) is configured to change the display indicating the course trajectory when an obstacle, included in the surrounding image and present in the travel direction of the moveable body ( 1 ), and the course trajectory of the specific portion are in contact.

Claims (28)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an interface configured to acquire a surrounding image of a moveable body; and

a processor configured to overlay a display indicating a course trajectory of a specific portion of the moveable body in a travel direction of the moveable body on the surrounding image at a position corresponding to a height of the specific portion from a road surface, wherein

the processor is configured to change the display indicating the course trajectory when an obstacle, included in the surrounding image and present in the travel direction of the moveable body, and the course trajectory of the specific portion are in contact, and is configured to correct the display indicating the course trajectory based on a correction value that is calculated based on a change in a height of the road surface.

2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to change a portion within the display indicating the course trajectory, where an image of the obstacle and the display of the course trajectory of the specific portion are in contact.

3. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the specific portion is a portion restricted in a height direction with respect to movement of the moveable body.

4. The image processing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein

the moveable body is a vehicle, and

the specific portion is a bottom surface of a bumper of the vehicle, a roof of the vehicle, or an object installed on the roof of the vehicle.

5. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the obstacle and the course trajectory are in contact, the processor is configured to overlay a display indicating danger of contact on the surrounding image or output a signal indicating danger of contact to an external destination.

6. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to correct the display indicating the course trajectory based on the correction value that is calculated based on the change in the height of the road surface with reference to a portion of the movable body.

7. A camera comprising:

an imaging optical system;

an image sensor configured to capture an image formed via the imaging optical system;

an interface configured to acquire a surrounding image, captured by the image sensor, of a moveable body; and

a processor configured to overlay a display indicating a course trajectory of a specific portion of the moveable body in a travel direction of the moveable body on the surrounding image at a position corresponding to a height of the specific portion from a road surface, wherein

the processor is configured to change the display indicating the course trajectory when an obstacle, included in the surrounding image and present in the travel direction of the moveable body, and the course trajectory of the specific portion are in contact, and is configured to correct the display indicating the course trajectory based on a correction value that is calculated based on a change in a height of the road surface.

8. A moveable body comprising the camera according to claim 7 wherein the camera images a surrounding area of the moveable body.

9. The camera of claim 7 , wherein

the processor is configured to correct the display indicating the course trajectory based on the correction value that is calculated based on the change in the height of the road surface with reference to a portion of the movable body.

10. An image processing method to be performed by an image processing apparatus, image processing method comprising:

acquiring a surrounding image of a moveable body;

overlaying a display indicating a course trajectory of a specific portion of the moveable body in a travel direction of the moveable body on the surrounding image at a position corresponding to a height of the specific portion from a road surface;

changing the display indicating the course trajectory when an obstacle, included in the surrounding image and present in the travel direction of the moveable body, and the course trajectory of the specific portion are in contact; and

correcting the display indicating the course trajectory based on a correction value that is calculated based on a change in a height of the road surface.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein

the correcting corrects the display indicating the course trajectory based on the correction value that is calculated based on the change in the height of the road surface with reference to a portion of the movable body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2021
From: HIRATA, AKIFUMI
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056006/0932 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-203062 · Oct 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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