Patent ID: 11936997
Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a saturated region detection unit configured to acquire imaging data from an infrared imaging device and detect that a saturated region is present in the imaging data, the infrared imaging device being configured to capture a thermal image of an outside of a mobile body;
a dynamic range control unit configured to set, in accordance with a result of the detection of the saturated region, a dynamic range to a first temperature range where a temperature on an upper limit side is saturated due to a temperature of another vehicle, or a second temperature range where a temperature at least on an upper limit side is higher than that in the first temperature range and remains unsaturated regardless of a temperature of the other vehicle, the dynamic range being a temperature range detected by the infrared imaging device; and
a shutter control unit configured to control opening and closing of a shutter for protecting the infrared imaging device based on the result of the detection of the saturated region and the setting of the dynamic range, wherein
the dynamic range control unit changes the setting of the dynamic range from the first temperature range to the second temperature range when the dynamic range is set to the first temperature range and the saturated region detection unit detects the saturated region, and the dynamic range control unit changes the setting of the dynamic range from the second temperature range to the first temperature range when the dynamic range is set to the second temperature range and the saturated region detection unit does not detect the saturated region, and
the shutter control unit closes the shutter when the saturated region detection unit detects the saturated region in a state in which the dynamic range is set to the second temperature range.