Imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, display system, and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021233290-A1
Application number	US-202117231908-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 15, 2021
Priority date	Dec 9, 2016
Publication date	Jul 29, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

An imaging apparatus captures a rear area behind a vehicle and generates an image, and displays on the image at a position in the image corresponding to the position between the vehicle and a detection object a recognition image extending a predetermined distance in a height direction with respect to road surface and having transmittance that increases with height distance from the road surface. A display control apparatus simultaneously displays a bird's-eye view image of a vehicle, a rear area image behind the vehicle, and a guide image extending rearward and being spaced apart in the width direction of the vehicle, and displays an image on lower right or left of the bird's-eye view image based on a position of an obstacle existing on right or left rear side of the vehicle, and a second image on right edge or on left edge of the image outside the guide image.

First claim

1 . An imaging apparatus comprising:
an image sensor configured to capture a rear area behind a vehicle and generate a video image; and a controller configured to display on the video image at a position in the video image corresponding to the position between the vehicle and a detection object a recognition image which extends to predetermined distance in a height direction with respect to road surface and transmittance of which increases as the distance from the road surface in the height direction increases.

2 . A display control apparatus including a controller configured to:
display at a same time on a screen of a display means a bird's-eye view image of a vehicle viewed from above, a rear area video image behind the vehicle captured by an imaging means, and a guide image extending rearward and being spaced apart in the width direction of the vehicle; and display a first image on lower right or lower left of the bird's-eye view image based on a position of an obstacle existing on right rear side or left rear side of the vehicle, and display a second image on right edge or on left edge of the video image outside the guide image.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Shimazu Tomohiro
• Takemoto Kazuya

Classifications

• G06T11/10 Primary

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• H04N23/00

  Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof · CPC title

• G06V20/58

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• H04N7/183

  for receiving images from a single remote source · CPC title