US 12,240,385 B2
Front image generation device for heavy equipment
Jungpyo Lee, Seoul (KR); Jaehong Park, Seoul (KR); Sanghoon Lee, Incheon (KR); and Kwangseok Park, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to WISE AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE CO., LTD., Incheon (KR)
Appl. No. 18/274,165
Filed by WISE AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE CO., LTD., Incheon (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/001263
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/158935, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0010285 (KR), filed on Jan. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0001939 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. B60R 1/24 (2022.01); G06T 3/40 (2024.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06T 15/60 (2006.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC B60R 1/24 (2022.01) [G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 15/503 (2013.01); G06T 15/60 (2013.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/20 (2013.01); B60R 2300/303 (2013.01); B60R 2300/802 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for generating a front image for heavy equipment with a blind spot occurring in a front due to a visual field obstructing component, the device comprising:
an upper camera which is disposed in an upper portion of the heavy equipment, photographs the front of the heavy equipment, and generates a first front image;
a lower camera which is disposed in a lower portion of the heavy equipment, photographs the front of the heavy equipment, and generates a second front image;
an image processor which sets a part of the first front image as a first combination area, a part of the second front image as a second combination area, and generates a combined front image by combining the second combination area to the first combination area of the first front image in a semi-transparent manner, wherein when an object is located at a set distance forward from a front end of a visual field obstructing component, the image processor performs the combination such that the position of the object on the vertical axis within the first combination area coincides with the position thereof on the vertical axis within the second combination area.