IMAGE SYNTHESIZER FOR A DRIVER ASSISTING SYSTEM

摘要

An image synthesizer (100) for a driver assisting system of a vehicle (500) is disclosed. The driver assisting system includes a first camera (201) configured to capture a first image (211) from a first scene and a second camera (202) configured to capture a second image (212) from a second scene, the first scene and the second scene overlap in an overlapping region (213) and the overlapping region (213) comprises a blending region (235). The image synthesizer (100) comprises: a receiving module (110) configured to receive the first image (211) from the first camera (201) and the second image (212) from the second camera (202); and a combining module (120) configured to combine the first image (211) and the second image (212) in the overlapping region (213) by applying a blending mask (130). The blending mask (130) is applied to the blending region (235) and provides an interpolation along an interpolation direction (W) between the first image (211) and the second image (212) depicted on opposite sides of the blending region (235). The blending region (235) comprises a width greater than a minimal width (Dmin) along any path of light received by the first camera (201) or of the second camera (202) from the blending region (235).