Patent ID: 11938870
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 3:
4. A method for capturing an image of an environment outside of a vehicle, the method comprising:
arranging a plurality of cameras to be spaced apart from each other in a predetermined direction such that respective maximum image-pickup ranges of the plurality of cameras are partially shifted from each other in the predetermined direction and the maximum image-pickup ranges of each of the plurality of cameras partially overlap with each other and a portion of the maximum image-pickup ranges of each of the plurality of cameras do not overlap with each other, wherein the plurality of cameras have the same angle of view;
setting an overlapping image-pickup range in which each of the plurality of cameras picks up an image of a same target object from a different viewpoint;
setting an image-pickup range of a first camera of the plurality of cameras disposed on one end in the predetermined direction to have a first angle; and
setting an image-pickup range of a second camera of the plurality of cameras disposed on another end in the predetermined direction to have a second angle, the second angle being narrower than the first angle, wherein
the image-pickup range of the second camera is set to be within an overlapping range in which a maximum image-pickup range of the first camera and a maximum image-pickup range of the second camera overlap each other, and
an entirety of the image-pickup range of the second camera is set to be within the overlapping range.