IP Library Granted Patent US 10,447,948
Granted Patent B2
US 10,447,948 · App. 16/035,595 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Imaging system and display system

Inventors: Masayuki Aihara (Osaka, JP); Yoshio Matsumura (Osaka, JP); Shigenori Yatsuri (Osaka, JP); Hiroyuki Shobayashi (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,447,948
App. No.
16/035,595
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Imaging system ( 70 ) disposed at a rear part of moving body ( 100 ) includes imaging device ( 10 ) and image processing device ( 20 ). Imaging device ( 10 ) includes an imaging element and an optical system. The imaging element has a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional manner and generates image data. The optical system forms a subject image on an imaging surface of the imaging element. Image processing device ( 20 ) generates a captured image based on the image data. The imaging surface includes a first region corresponding to a first view angle and a second region corresponding to a second view angle that is larger than the first view angle. The optical system is configured so that resolution of the first region is higher than resolution of the second region excluding the first region. A center of the first region is disposed at a position deviated from a center of the imaging surface.

Claims (15)

1. An imaging system disposed at a rear part of a moving body, the imaging system comprising:

an imaging device including an imaging element and an optical system, the imaging element having a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional manner and generating image data, the optical system forming a subject image on an imaging surface of the imaging element; and

an image processing device configured to generate a captured image based on the image data,

wherein the imaging surface includes a first region corresponding to a first view angle and a second region corresponding to a second view angle that is larger than the first view angle,

on the imaging surface, when a number of pixels per unit view angle of the plurality of pixels is defined as resolution, the optical system is configured so that the resolution of the first region is higher than the resolution of the second region excluding the first region, and

a center of the first region is disposed at a position deviated from a center of the imaging surface.

2. The imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system is designed so that a magnification ratio of light that forms an image in the first region is larger than a magnification ratio of light that forms an image in the second region excluding the first region.

3. The imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system includes a free-form surface lens.

4. A display system comprising:

the imaging system according to claim 1 ; and

a display apparatus that displays, of the captured image, at least one of a first image generated in the first region and a second image generated in the second region.

5. The display system according to claim 4 , wherein the display apparatus includes a first display apparatus that displays the first image and a second display apparatus that displays the second image.

6. The display system according to claim 5 , wherein the first display apparatus displays the first image while the moving body is moving.

7. The display system according to claim 5 , wherein the second display apparatus displays the second image when the moving body moves backwards.

8. The display system according to claim 4 , wherein the moving body is any one of an automobile, a train, a vessel, an airplane, a robot, a robot arm, and a drone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2018
From: AIHARA, MASAYUKI; MATSUMURA, YOSHIO; YATSURI, SHIGENORI; SHOBAYASHI, HIROYUKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047428/0202 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-095984 · May 12, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017043724 · Dec 6, 2017
Related Publication 20180332243A1 · Nov 15, 2018
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