Wide view vehicle periphery image generation apparatus

摘要

A vehicle periphery image generation apparatus for generating a vehicle periphery image with a wide view. The apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires vehicle periphery images obtained by vehicle mounted photographic cameras, a display device, a viewing point position setting unit that sets the position to a viewing point from a perpendicular upward direction, a fish-eye image generation unit for generating a fish-eye image using the periphery images and a position set by the viewing point position setting unit, a self vehicle image generation unit that generates a self vehicle image as the fish-eye image with the position set by the viewing point position setting unit, and a display image generation unit for generating an image to be displayed on the display device using the fish-eye image and the self vehicle image, wherein the position of the viewing point of the fish-eye image can be changed.

主权项

1. A vehicle periphery image generation apparatus comprising:
an image acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle periphery images photographed by a plurality of photographic cameras mounted on the vehicle; a display device provided in the vehicle interior for displaying the images; a viewing point position setting unit for setting the position as the viewing point of the image to be displayed on the display device to a viewing point from a perpendicular upward direction; a fish-eye image generation unit for generating a fish-eye image with using the periphery image and the position set by the viewing point position setting unit; a self vehicle image generation unit for generating a self vehicle image as the fish-eye image with the position set by the viewing point position setting unit as the viewing point thereof; and a display image generation unit for generating an image to be displayed on the display device with using the fish-eye image and a self vehicle image, wherein the position of the viewing point of the fish-eye image can be changed; the viewing point position setting unit sets the viewing point based on a detection result of a wheel speed sensor and changes the viewing point such that a visibility of the vicinity in the travelling direction of the vehicle increases when a detected wheel speed of the vehicle decreases.