IP Library Granted Patent US 11,477,373
Granted Patent B2
US 11,477,373 · App. 16/621,090 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Periphery monitoring device

Inventors: Kazuya Watanabe (Anjo, JP); Tetsuya Maruoka (Okazaki, JP)
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
H04N5/23238B60R1/002H04N5/247B60R2300/10B60R2300/20B60R2300/307
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Patent No.
US 11,477,373
App. No.
16/621,090
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A periphery monitoring device according to an embodiment includes, as an example: a processor that generates a display image obtained by viewing, from a virtual viewpoint received through an operation input unit, a point of gaze in a virtual space including a model obtained by pasting a captured image obtained by imaging a surrounding area of a vehicle in a first position of the vehicle at a first time using imaging units provided on the vehicle to a three-dimensional plane around the vehicle, and including a three-dimensional vehicle image provided in a second position of the vehicle at a second time after the first time; and outputs the display image to a display.

Claims (12)

1. A periphery monitoring device comprising:

a processor configured to:

generate a display image obtained by viewing, from a virtual viewpoint received through an operation input unit, a point of gaze in a virtual space including:

a model obtained by pasting a captured image obtained by imaging a surrounding area of a vehicle in a first position of the vehicle at a first time using imaging units provided on the vehicle to a three-dimensional plane around the vehicle, and

a three-dimensional vehicle image provided in a second position of the vehicle at a second time after the first time; and output the display image to a display,

wherein the second position of the vehicle comprises a rotation of wheels on the vehicle from the first position and a distance of the wheels from the vehicle determined by a stroke sensor on the vehicle.

2. The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle image is an image allowing viewing therethrough the model.

3. The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the captured image is obtained by imaging the surrounding area of the vehicle in the first position using one of the imaging units.

4. The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle image is an image in which three-dimensional outlines of images of wheels included in the vehicle image are visible through an image of a vehicle body included in the vehicle image.

5. The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor disposes, in the virtual space, an outline of the vehicle image obtained when the vehicle image is viewed from above in the virtual space.

6. The periphery monitoring device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor acquires an amount of steering of the vehicle in the second position, and includes the images of the wheels rotated by an angle corresponding to the acquired amount of steering in the vehicle image.

7. The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the captured image includes an image corresponding to an area under the floor of the vehicle in the second position.

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 Dec 12, 2019
From: WATANABE, KAZUYA; MARUOKA, TETSUYA
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051264/0901 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-133814 · Jul 7, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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