A video display system performs a video conversion process on a video of a camera mounted on a vehicle and displays a resulting video, and includes a plurality of cameras, a detecting unit that detects an object of interest around the vehicle based on information or the like acquired through the plurality of cameras, other sensors, or a network, a transforming/synthesizing unit that transforms and synthesizes the videos photographed by the plurality of cameras using a shape of a virtual projection plane, a virtual viewpoint, and a synthesis method which are decided according to position information of the object of interest detected by the detecting unit, and a display unit that displays the video that is transformed and synthesized by the transforming/synthesizing unit.

Video synthesis system, video synthesis device, and video synthesis method

The invention relates to a camera surround view system for a vehicle, comprising at least one vehicle camera which supplies camera images that are processed by a data processing unit in order to generate an image of the surroundings, said image of the surroundings being displayed on a display unit. The data processing unit re-projects textures, which are detected by the vehicle camera, on an adaptive re-projection surface, which is similar to the area surrounding the vehicle, said re-projection surface being calculated on the basis of sensor data provided by vehicle sensors. The data processing unit adapts the re-projection surface depending on a position and an orientation of a virtual camera.

Method and device for the distortion-free display of an area surrounding a vehicle

An image recognition unit recognizes an object in each image captured by a plurality of imaging devices each imaging a partial overlapped imaging region surrounding a vehicle. An image synthesis unit generates a synthesized image by partially overlapping and joining converted images viewed from preset virtual viewpoints, when an imaging region including the recognized object is an overlapping region of which any one of two imaging devices performs imaging. The image synthesis unit synthesizes each converted image area in the overlapping image regions, using a preset blend ratio when an image of the converted images which are joined to partially overlap is generated. An image-setting unit sets the blend ratio of each converted image in the overlapping image regions for recognition results of an object, and a driving support image synthesized with the set blend ratio is output to a display apparatus.

Apparatus for presenting support images to a driver and method thereof

The present invention determines a projection condition according to the position of a detected attention object when a virtual space is formed and an image is projected to thereby improve how the image looks. An image display system performs image conversion processing on images from cameras mounted in a vehicle and displays the images, and is provided with: a plurality of cameras; a detection unit which detects an attention object around the vehicle on the basis of information acquired via the plurality of cameras, any other sensor, or a network, or the like; a deformation/synthesis unit which deforms and synthesizes the images captured by the plurality of cameras using the shape of a virtual projection plane, a virtual point of view, and a synthesis method, which are determined according to positional information of the attention object detected by the detection unit; and a display unit which displays the images deformed and synthesized by the deformation/synthesis unit.

Image synthesis system, image synthesis device therefor, and image synthesis method

An image processing device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an image by imaging surroundings of a vehicle; a generation unit that projects the image onto a three-dimensional projection plane including the vehicle at a first time point and a first projection area rising above the vehicle, and generates a composite image seen on the plane from a virtual viewpoint; a calculation unit that calculates a moving route of the vehicle from the first time point to a second time point on the plane; a change unit that changes a projection destination of at least a part of the moving route in the first projection area to a second projection area; and a display control unit that displays the composite image on the plane that includes the vehicle at the first time point, and the first and second projection areas seen from the virtual viewpoint on a display unit.

Image processing device

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine a virtual camera position (point of view) according to a running state when forming a virtual space and projecting an image, to thereby improve the view thereof.SOLUTION: A video display system, to which a plurality of camera video images are input, includes a vehicle information unit, a space generation unit, an image conversion unit and a camera information unit. According to information of a running state acquired from the vehicle information unit, the space generation unit generates a surrounding space in a range that can be imaged by a camera, so that the image conversion unit generates an image based on the camera image, to project it to the generated space. Also, the image conversion unit, while changing the virtual camera position or a blend factor at the imaging synthesis, generates a synthesis image of the plurality of camera images viewed from a virtual camera position set by the camera information unit.

Video display system, video synthesis device and video synthesis method

Provided is a video display system which receives a plurality of camera videos as input, comprising a vehicle information unit, a space generating unit, an image conversion unit, and a camera information unit. According to information of a travel state which is acquired from the vehicle information unit, the space generating unit generates a periphery space of a range which it is possible to photograph with cameras, the image conversion unit creates an image based on images of the cameras, and projects the created image in the generated space. The image conversion unit creates a composite image of the images of a plurality of cameras viewed from virtual camera locations which the camera information unit has set, while changing either the virtual camera locations or a blend ratio when compositing the image.

Video display system, video compositing device, and video compositing method

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for easily and accurately detecting the presence of a three-dimensional object and reflecting a bird's-eye view image therewithSOLUTION: A video display device includes: a feature amount detection condition specification section which specifies a condition for detecting a predetermined feature amount regarding a bird's-eye view image of an image that is obtained by imaging a common area from at least two different view points; a feature amount detection section which uses the specified feature amount detection condition to detect the feature amount regarding each of bird's-eye view images of the image obtained by imaging the common area; a blend rate specification section for specifying a blend rate when blending pixels of the bird's-eye view image of the image obtained by imaging the common area imaged from the different view points in accordance with the feature amount detected by the feature amount detection section; and a bird's-eye view image combination section for blending and combining out the pixels of the bird's-eye view images of the image obtained by imaging the common area in accordance with the blend rate specified by the blend rate specification section

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Video display system, video synthesis device and video synthesis method

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Video display device and video display system

勝夫 小野崎

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Video display system, video synthesis device and video synthesis method

Video display system, video compositing device, and video compositing method

Video display device and video display system

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