Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11615709-B2
Application number	US-202117462310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2021
Priority date	Jun 7, 2016
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

An image generating apparatus generates an image to be displayed on a display and includes at least one memory and a control circuit. The control circuit acquires a plurality of camera images captured by a plurality of cameras installed in a vehicle, calculates a distance between one of the cameras and a target to be projected in in the camera images, detects a position of a light-transmissive object or a reflective object in the camera images, and generates an image from a point of view that is different from points of view of the plurality of camera images by using the plurality of camera images and the distance, the generated image including a predetermined image that is displayed at the position of the light-transmissive object or the reflective object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image generating apparatus comprising:
at least one memory; and
a control circuit,
wherein the control circuit
(a) acquires camera images captured by cameras installed in a vehicle, and
(b) generates an image including (i) a first image different from the camera images captured by the cameras and (ii) a second image generated from an image of a light-transmissive and/or light-reflective object obtained from one of the camera images,
wherein the first image is generated from a first point of view that is different from points of view from which the camera images are generated,
wherein the first image is generated by using at least one of the camera images,
wherein the second image is displayed at a second position in the generated image, and the second image is generated from a point of view different from the first point of the view, and
wherein the second position is determined from the first point of view.

2. The image generating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the control circuit (c) detects a first position of an image of the light-transmissive and/or light-reflective object in one of the camera images, and the second position is determined on the basis of the detected first position.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Maruyama Ayako
• Nobori Kunio
• Azuma Takeo
• Sato Satoshi
• Wakai Nobuhiko

Classifications

• G06T7/70

  Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras (camera calibration G06T7/80) · CPC title

• G06T2207/10012

  Stereo images · CPC title

• G06T11/00

  Two-dimensional [2D] image generation · CPC title

• G08G1/166 Primary

  for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes · CPC title

• H04N23/60

  Control of cameras or camera modules · CPC title