Patent ID: 9077861
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B60R,G06T,G08G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus that processes an image to be displayed on a display apparatus mounted on a vehicle, the image processing apparatus comprising: a receiving section that receives an instruction signal; a synthetic image generating section that generates a plurality of first synthetic images based on a plurality of images of the periphery of the vehicle captured by a plurality of cameras which are provided so as to be capable of capturing a 360° view of the periphery of the vehicle, the first synthetic images being viewed first synthetic images being viewed toward the vehicle from a plurality of virtual viewpoints disposed around and above the vehicle; and an output section that sequentially outputs the first synthetic images to the display apparatus so that a virtual viewpoint of the first synthetic images moves in a circle around the vehicle in response to the instruction signal.