US 12,315,050 B2
Image processing method, image displaying method, image processing device, and image displaying device
Yusuke Musha, Kanagawa (JP); Yasuhiro Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP); and Muku Takeda, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 18/713,054
Filed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/043651
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 23, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/095340, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 1, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0022194 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. G06T 11/20 (2006.01); B60R 1/26 (2022.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 11/203 (2013.01) [B60R 1/26 (2022.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/20 (2013.01); B60R 2300/30 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30261 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
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1. An image processing method comprising:
capturing, by a first image capturing device installed at a position located on a side surface outside a vehicle interior of a vehicle and anterior to a rear end of the vehicle, a first image, the first image being an image of a region including a rear lateral side of the vehicle;
capturing, by a second image capturing device installed on a rear end of the vehicle, a second image, the second image being an image of a region in a rear of the vehicle;
generating a synthetic image serving as an image of a rear view of the vehicle by synthesizing the first image and the second image with each other; and
superimposing an outline, the outline being a line segment extending along a contour of a side surface of the vehicle, in the synthetic image, wherein
the image processing method, within the synthetic image, extracts an image of a region on an outer side of a predetermined lateral direction position in a lateral direction of the synthetic image from the first image and extracts an image of a region on an inner side of the predetermined lateral direction position in the lateral direction from the second image, and
the predetermined lateral direction position is set with respect to each vertical direction position in the synthetic image and one or more of the predetermined lateral direction positions is same as one or more respective positions on the outline.