IP Library Granted Patent US 12,437,451
Granted Patent B2
US 12,437,451 · App. 18/354,437 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Image processing device, and image processing method

Inventors: Mai Okamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyuki Kikuchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
G06T11/001G06T5/70G06T11/60G06T2207/10024G06T2207/30252
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Patent No.
US 12,437,451
App. No.
18/354,437
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing device comprising: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire outside information including color information of outside of a vehicle; an image generation unit configured to generate, based on the outside information, a first image in which a difference in the color information with respect to the outside of the vehicle is within a predetermined range; and an output unit configured to output the first image to a display provided in a cabin of the vehicle.

Claims (36)

1. An image processing device comprising:

a computer comprising one or more computer processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer configured to perform as:

an information acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from a database;

an image generation unit configured to generate a display image to be displayed on a display; and

an output unit configure to output the display image to the display,

wherein the display is configured such that a part of a display area projects from an instrument panel of a vehicle in a direction extending towards a lower end of a windshield located in front of the vehicle,

wherein the display area includes an upper area and a lower area which is positioned below the upper area,

wherein the information acquisition unit acquires, from the database, a second image which represents a surface of the instrument panel of the vehicle, and

wherein the display image includes a background image generated from a first image to be displayed in the upper area and the second image to be displayed in the lower area.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the display area is divided into the upper area and the lower area at a boundary of a straight line.

3. The image processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the display area comprises a rectangular shape,

the image generation unit performs a process of applying gradation to the first image and the second image from an upper side and a lower side of the display area toward the boundary between the upper area and the lower area, and

the output unit outputs the first image and the second image subjected to the gradation process to the display.

4. The image processing device according to claim 3 , wherein

the image generation unit corrects the first images so that the gradation is applied to the first image along first and second directions which are directions from the upper side and the lower side of the display area toward the boundary and the second images so that the gradation is applied to the second image along third and fourth directions which are directions the upper side and the lower side of the display area toward the boundary, and

the background image includes lines along the first, second, third, and fourth directions.

5. The image processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the background image includes a black gradation along the first, second, third, and fourth directions.

6. The image processing device according to claim 2 , wherein a height of the lower end of the windshield and a height of the boundary match each other.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a computer processor, the instructions comprising functionality for:

acquiring an image from a database;

generating a display image to be displayed on a display, wherein the display is configured such that a part of a display area projects from an instrument panel of a vehicle in a direction extending towards a lower end of a windshield located in front of the vehicle;

acquiring, from the database, a second image which represents a surface of the instrument panel of the vehicle; and

outputting the display image to the display,

wherein the display area includes an upper area and a lower area which is positioned below the upper area, and

wherein the display image includes a background image generated from a first image to be displayed in the upper area and the second image to be displayed in the lower area.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the display area is divided into the upper area and the lower area at a boundary of a straight line.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the display area comprises a rectangular shape.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , the instructions further comprising functionality for:

applying a gradation process to the first image and the second image from an upper side and a lower side of the display area toward a boundary between the upper area and the lower area, and

outputting the first image and the second image subjected to the gradation process to the display.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , the instructions further comprising functionality for:

correcting the first image so that the gradation is applied to the first image along first and second directions which are directions from the upper side and the lower side of the display area toward the boundary and the second images so that the gradation is applied to the second image along third and fourth directions which are directions the upper side and the lower side of the display area toward the boundary,

wherein the background image includes lines along the first, second, third, and fourth directions.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the background image includes a black gradation along the first, second, third, and fourth directions.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein a height of the lower end of the windshield and a height of the boundary match each other.

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Continuation 17632087
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