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App. No. 19/248,626

APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PSEUDO-REPRODUCING IMAGE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

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App. No.
19/248,626
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 (39)

1 . An apparatus placed away from a vehicle, the 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 and relative position data, generating a reconfigured image by arranging an indication of an object located in the vicinity of the 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;

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, wherein the reconfigured image includes the indication of the object whose change of the relative position is determined to be anomalous.

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

3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the indication of the object is a block shape in a case where the kind of the object is a vehicle.

4 . 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;

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.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the analysis data further include road data indicating a state of a road located in the vicinity of the vehicle, and the reconfigured image further includes an indication of the road according to the road data.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reconfigured image includes a bird's-eye view and a view oriented toward a direction of the vehicle, and the operations further comprise displaying at least one of the bird's-eye view and the view oriented toward the direction of the vehicle.

7 . An image generation method, comprising:

by a computer placed away from a vehicle,

based on analysis data including type data and relative position data, generating a reconfigured image by arranging an indication of an object located in the vicinity of the 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;

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, wherein the reconfigured image includes the indication of the object whose change of the relative position is determined to be anomalous.

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

9 . The image generation method according to claim 7 , wherein the indication of the object is a block shape in a case where the kind of the object is a vehicle.

10 . 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;

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.

11 . The image generation method according to claim 7 , wherein the analysis data further include road data indicating a state of a road located in the vicinity of the vehicle, and the reconfigured image further includes an indication of the road according to the road data.

12 . The image generation method according to claim 7 , wherein the reconfigured image includes a bird's-eye view and a view oriented toward a direction of the vehicle, and the operations further comprise displaying at least one of the bird's-eye view and the view oriented toward the direction of the vehicle.

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

based on analysis data including type data and relative position data, generating a reconfigured image by arranging an indication of an object located in the vicinity of the 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;

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, wherein the reconfigured image includes the indication of the object whose change of the relative position is determined to be anomalous.

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

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the indication of the object is a block shape in a case where the kind of the object is a vehicle.

16 . 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;

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.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the analysis data further include road data indicating a state of a road located in the vicinity of the vehicle, and the reconfigured image further includes an indication of the road according to the road data.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the reconfigured image includes a bird's-eye view and a view oriented toward a direction of the vehicle, and the operations further comprise displaying at least one of the bird's-eye view and the view oriented toward the direction of the vehicle.