Display controller and display control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10412308-B2
Application number	US-201715470162-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2017
Priority date	Apr 19, 2016
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A display controller is provided that controls a camera capturing an image of an area diagonally behind a vehicle and including an imaging element that receives light from an image-capturing target through an optical system, the display controller including a processor that calculates a shift amount of a reference position of the imaging element with respect to an optical axis of the optical system, performs a control to move the reference position of the imaging element in a direction away from the optical axis according to the shift amount, and generates a display image based on the image captured by the camera so as to cause the display image to be displayed on a display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display controller that controls a camera capturing an
image of an area diagonally behind a vehicle and including an imaging element that receives light from an image-capturing target through an optical system, the display controller comprising:
a processor that calculates a shift amount of a reference position of the imaging element with respect to an optical axis of the optical system, performs a control to move the reference position of the imaging element in a direction away from the optical axis according to the shift amount, corrects an image captured by the camera, and generates a display image based on the image captured by the camera so as to cause the display image to be displayed on a display device,
wherein the processor calculates, based on the shift amount, a range of correction processing to be conducted on the image captured by the camera, the range of the correction processing increases according to the shift amount.

2. The display controller according to claim 1 , wherein
the reference position is the center of the imaging element, and the processor moves the imaging element in a direction in which the center of the imaging element moves away from the optical axis.

3. The display controller according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor calculates the shift amount of the imaging element on a basis of information on a vehicle exterior sensor that detects a state outside the vehicle.

4. The display controller according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor calculates the shift amount of the imaging element on a basis of a traveling state of the vehicle.

5. The display controller according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor calculates the shift amount of the imaging element on a basis of information on a vehicle interior sensor that detects a state of a driver of the vehicle.

6. A display control method for controlling a display controller that controls a camera capturing an image of an area diagonally behind a vehicle and including an imaging element that receives light from an image-capturing target through an optical system, the display control method comprising:
calculating a shift amount of a reference position of the imaging element with respect to an optical axis of the optical system;
performing a control to move the reference position of the imaging element in a direction away from the optical axis according to the shift amount;
performing a correction processing on an image captured by the camera; and
generating a display image based on the image captured by the camera so as to cause the display image to be displayed on a display device,
wherein a range of the correction processing to be conducted on the image captured by the camera is calculated based on the shift amount, and the range of the correction processing increases according to the shift amount.

7. The display control method according to claim 6 , wherein
the reference position is the center of the imaging element, and the performing the control to move the reference position of the imaging element moves the imaging element in a direction in which the center of the imaging element moves away from the optical axis.

8. The display control method according to claim 6 , wherein
the calculating the shift amount of the reference position of the imaging element calculates the shift amount of the imaging element on a basis of information on a vehicle exterior sensor that detects a state outside the vehicle.

9. The display control method according to claim 6 , wherein
the calculating the shift amount of the reference position of the imaging element calculates the shift amount of the imaging element on a basis of a traveling state of the vehicle.

10. The display control method according to claim 6 , wherein
the calculating the shift amount of the reference position of the imaging element calculates the shift amount of the imaging element on a basis of information on a vehicle interior sensor that detects a state of a driver of the vehicle.

11. A non-transitory recording medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the computer controlling a camera capturing an image of an area diagonally behind a vehicle and including an imaging element that receives light from an image-capturing target through an optical system, the process comprising:
calculating a shift amount of a reference position of the imaging element with respect to an optical axis of the optical system;
performing a control to move the reference position of the imaging element in a direction away from the optical axis according to the shift amount;
performing a correction processing on an image captured by the camera; and
generating a display image based on the image captured by the camera so as to cause the display image to be displayed on a display device,
wherein a range of the correction processing to be conducted on the image captured by the camera is calculated based on the shift amount, and the range of the correction processing increases according to the shift amount.

12. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein
the reference position is the center of the imaging element, and the performing the control to move the reference position of the imaging element moves the imaging element in a direction in which the center of the imaging element moves away from the optical axis.

13. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein
the calculating the shift amount of the reference position of the imaging element calculates the shift amount of the imaging element on a basis of information on a vehicle exterior sensor that detects a state outside the vehicle.

14. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein
the calculating the shift amount of the reference position of the imaging element calculates the shift amount of the imaging element on a basis of a traveling state of the vehicle.

15. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein
the calculating the shift amount of the reference position of the imaging element calculates the shift amount of the imaging element on a basis of information on a vehicle interior sensor that detects a state of a driver of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Usui Kenta
• Hiyama Yoshitaka
• Hirooka Mutsuki
• Hayashida Yoshimasa
• Abe Masaaki

Classifications

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/66 Primary

  Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices · CPC title

• H04N23/634

  Warning indications · CPC title

• B60R2300/8066

  for monitoring rearward traffic · CPC title

• B60R2300/205

  using a head-up display · CPC title