Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023196921-A1
Application number	US-202318110462-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 16, 2023
Priority date	Jun 7, 2016
Publication date	Jun 22, 2023
Grant date	—

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

1 - 20 . (canceled)

21 . An apparatus comprising:
a circuit, wherein the circuit
acquires camera images generated by cameras,
calculates a first distance between one of the cameras and a target by using the camera images, each of the camera images including the target,
acquires infrared camera images captured by far-infrared cameras,
calculates a second distance between one of the far-infrared cameras and the target by using the infrared camera images, each of the infrared camera images including the target,
calculates a difference between the first distance and the second distance, and
detects a position of a light-transmissive and/or light-reflective object on the basis of the difference.

22 . The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein
the circuit detects the position of the light-transmissive and/or light-reflective object on the basis of a comparison between the difference and a predetermined threshold.

23 . The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein
the first distance is a distance in a three-dimensional space, and the second distance is a distance in the three-dimensional space.

24 . The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein
a region corresponding to the light-transmissive and/or light-reflective object has a fixed area.

25 . The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein
the position of the light-transmissive and/or light-reflective object is detected using an image recognizing method using machine learning.

26 . The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein
the circuit generates an image from a point of view that is different from points of view of the camera images by using the first distance, the generated image including a predetermined image that is displayed in a region corresponding to the light-transmissive and/or light-reflective object.

27 . A method comprising:
acquiring camera images generated by cameras; calculating a first distance between one of the cameras and a target by using the camera images, each of the camera images including the target; acquiring infrared camera images captured by far-infrared cameras; calculating a second distance between one of the far-infrared cameras and the target by using the infrared camera images, each of the infrared camera images including the target; calculating a difference between the first distance and the second distance; and detecting a position of a light-transmissive and/or light-reflective object on the basis of the difference.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G08G1/166 Primary

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

• G06T5/005

  Physics · mapped topic

• B60R1/003

  for viewing trailer hitches · CPC title

• B60R2300/105

  using multiple cameras · CPC title

• G01S13/931

  of land vehicles · CPC title