Patent ID: 7672481
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: B60K,G06K

Abstract:
1. An image information processing system for processing an image of an object shot by an infrared camera mounted in a mobile body and then displaying image information regarding the object on an image display device mounted in the mobile body, comprising: first variable measurement means for measuring a first variable based on a running mode of the mobile body; second variable measurement means for measuring a second variable based on a position of the object through the infrared camera; first image area recognition means for recognizing an image area associated with the object as a first image area on the basis of the second variable measured by the second variable measurement means; second image area recognition means for estimating an image area recognized by the first image area recognition means on the basis of the first variable measured by the first variable measurement means and the second variable measured by the second variable measurement means and then recognizing the estimated image area as a second image area; image information control means for displaying, on the image display device, one or both of first image information associated with the first image area recognized by the first image area recognition means and second image information associated with the second image area recognized by the second image area recognition means; and composite image area recognition means that combines the first and the second image areas recognized by the first and the second image area recognition means, respectively, and then recognizes the result as a composite image area, wherein the image information control means causes the image display device to display one of the first and the second image information associated with the first and the second image areas, or the composite image information associated with the composite image area of the first and the second image areas recognized by the composite image area recognition means, wherein if the image information control means determines that the first image area recognized by the first image area recognition means is stable, then it causes the first image information to be displayed on the image display device, whereas, if the image information control means determines that the first image area recognized by the first image area recognition means is unstable, then it causes the second image information or both the first image information and the second image information to be displayed on the image display device, and wherein if the first image area recognized by the first image area recognition means is unstable, while an instability of the first image area is < a predetermined threshold, then the image information control means causes the composite information associated with the composite image area to be displayed on the image display device, and, if the first image area recognized by the first image area recognition means is unstable, while an instability of the first image area is > the predetermined threshold, then the image information control means causes the second image information associated with the second image area recognized by the second image area recognition means to be displayed on the image display device.