IP Library Granted Patent US 12,401,914
Granted Patent B2
US 12,401,914 · App. 18/363,063 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Vehicle image display system, vehicle image display method, and storage medium

Inventor: Yuki Takahashi (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N23/76B60K35/00H04N7/183H04N23/71B60K35/22B60K2360/21B60K2360/349
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Patent No.
US 12,401,914
App. No.
18/363,063
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle image display system includes: a display device for displaying a digital image which is an image based on image data, a dark condition determination unit for determining whether a dark condition is satisfied with respect to the brightness of a surrounding environment of the vehicle, a luminance determination unit for determining whether the image data includes a high luminance pixel, a pixel value determination unit for determining whether a pixel having a pixel value equal to or lower than a second threshold value is not included in a peripheral pixel, and an image adjustment unit for performing a first brightness adjustment process for reducing the brightness of the image data when the dark condition is satisfied and the image data includes a high luminance pixel and the peripheral pixel does not include a pixel having a pixel value equal to or lower than the second threshold value.

Claims (21)

1. A vehicle image display system comprising:

an imaging device that images a subject located around a vehicle;

a display device that displays a digital image that is an image based on image data generated by the imaging device;

a dark condition determination unit that determines whether a dark condition is satisfied with respect to a brightness of a surrounding environment of the vehicle;

a luminance determination unit that determines whether a high luminance pixel that is a pixel of a luminance equal to or larger than a first threshold value is included in the image data;

a pixel value determination unit that determines whether a pixel having a pixel value equal to or smaller than a second threshold value is not included in a peripheral pixel that is a pixel around the high luminance pixel; and

an image adjustment unit that performs a first brightness adjustment process for reducing a brightness of the image data, when the dark condition is satisfied and a processing condition is satisfied, the processing condition being a condition that is satisfied when the image data includes the high luminance pixel and the peripheral pixel does not include a pixel having a pixel value equal to or smaller than the second threshold value.

2. The vehicle image display system according to claim 1 , wherein when the dark condition is satisfied and the processing condition is not satisfied, the image adjustment unit performs a second brightness adjustment process different from the first brightness adjustment process on the image data.

3. The vehicle image display system according to claim 1 , wherein the dark condition is satisfied when an average luminance of the image data is equal to or smaller than a third threshold value or when an illuminance around the vehicle is equal to or smaller than a fourth threshold value.

4. A vehicle image display method comprising:

a step of determining whether a dark condition is satisfied with respect to a brightness of a surrounding environment of a vehicle;

a step of determining whether a high luminance pixel that is a pixel of a luminance equal to or larger than a first threshold value is included in an image data generated by an imaging device that images a subject located around the vehicle;

a step of determining whether a pixel having a pixel value equal to or smaller than a second threshold value is not included in a peripheral pixel that is a pixel around the high luminance pixel;

a step of performing a first brightness adjustment process for reducing a brightness of the image data, when the dark condition is satisfied, the image data includes the high luminance pixel, and the peripheral pixel does not include a pixel having a pixel value equal to or smaller than the second threshold value; and

a step of displaying a digital image that is an image based on the image data subjected to the first brightness adjustment process.

5. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute processes comprising:

a process of determining whether a dark condition is satisfied with respect to a brightness of a surrounding environment of a vehicle;

a process of determining whether a high luminance pixel that is a pixel of a luminance equal to or larger than a first threshold value is included in an image data generated by an imaging device that images a subject located around the vehicle;

a process of determining whether a pixel having a pixel value equal to or smaller than a second threshold value is not included in a peripheral pixel that is a pixel around the high luminance pixel;

a process of performing a first brightness adjustment process for reducing a brightness of the image data, when the dark condition is satisfied, the image data includes the high luminance pixel, and the peripheral pixel does not include a pixel having a pixel value equal to or smaller than the second threshold value; and

a process of displaying a digital image that is an image based on the image data subjected to the first brightness adjustment process.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2023
From: TAKAHASHI, YUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064446/0568 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-164313 · Oct 12, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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