US 12,437,451 B2
Image processing device, and image processing method
Mai Okamoto, Kanagawa (JP); and Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/354,437.
Application 18/354,437 is a continuation of application No. 17/632,087, granted, now 11,748,920, previously published as PCT/JP2019/030405, filed on Aug. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0360287 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); H04N 5/57 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 11/001 (2013.01) [G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing device comprising:
a computer comprising one or more computer processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer configured to perform as:
an information acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from a database;
an image generation unit configured to generate a display image to be displayed on a display; and
an output unit configure to output the display image to the display,
wherein the display is configured such that a part of a display area projects from an instrument panel of a vehicle in a direction extending towards a lower end of a windshield located in front of the vehicle,
wherein the display area includes an upper area and a lower area which is positioned below the upper area,
wherein the information acquisition unit acquires, from the database, a second image which represents a surface of the instrument panel of the vehicle, and
wherein the display image includes a background image generated from a first image to be displayed in the upper area and the second image to be displayed in the lower area.