US 12,080,075 B2
Method for generating an image of vehicle surroundings, and apparatus for generating an image of vehicle surroundings
Thomas Kutschera, Illerkirchberg (DE); Joachim Wiest, Neu-Ulm (DE); and Markus Friebe, Gefrees (DE)
Assigned to Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Nuremberg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/595,681
Filed by Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Nuremberg (DE)
PCT Filed May 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/200034
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/233755, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 207 415.4 (DE), filed on May 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0222947 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60R 1/27 (2022.01); B60W 40/12 (2012.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01)
CPC G06V 20/58 (2022.01) [B60R 1/27 (2022.01); B60W 40/12 (2013.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for generating an image of vehicle surroundings, comprising:
capturing vehicle surroundings by a plurality of vehicle cameras which, in particular, are arranged on a vehicle body of a vehicle,
generating camera images by the plurality of vehicle cameras, wherein the camera images of adjacent vehicle cameras have overlapping image regions,
generating a virtual representation of the surroundings in a three-dimensional virtual space, wherein, during the generation, the camera images are projected onto a virtual projection surface in the three-dimensional virtual space,
providing a non-stationary virtual camera in the three-dimensional virtual space and determining at least one of a virtual camera position or a virtual camera orientation,
placing a first selection region on the virtual projection surface in a first overlapping image region of the overlapping image regions depending on a field of vision of the virtual camera,
calculating at least one image parameter of a first vehicle camera of the plurality of vehicle cameras in the first selection region, and
adjusting at least one image parameter of a second vehicle camera of the plurality of vehicle cameras to the at least one image parameter of the first vehicle camera in the first selection region.