US 11,813,988 B2
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing system
Koji Nagata, Tokyo (JP); Takashi Saitoh, Tokyo (JP); Koji Aoyama, Tokyo (JP); and Kazuki Yokoyama, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,909.
Application 18/167,909 is a continuation of application No. 17/299,794, granted, now 11,603,043, previously published as PCT/JP2019/048353, filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-232045 (JP), filed on Dec. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191994 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60R 1/02 (2006.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/007 (2013.01) [B60R 1/02 (2013.01); H04N 23/64 (2023.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2300/10 (2013.01); B60R 2300/202 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to
acquire a rear side camera image captured from a rear side of a vehicle and pointing in a direction behind the vehicle;
obtain a virtual viewpoint position that changes in accordance with motion of the viewpoint of the driver, on a basis of a reference viewpoint position and a reference virtual viewpoint position that are registered for each driver;
arrange, in a virtual space, 3D computer graphic data of the vehicle stored in a memory, and the rear side camera image;
convert the arrangement in the virtual space into a projected coordinate system based on the virtual viewpoint position to obtain a projection image; and
perform processing for drawing details of the rear side camera image and the 3D computer graphic data from the projection image to obtain a display image.