Patent ID: 8009868

Claim:
A display method of processing images photographed by a plurality of cameras, comprising: capturing images photographed by the plurality of cameras configured to photograph surroundings of a vehicle; synthesizing the images using a first processing method, into a synthesized image as viewed from above the vehicle; displaying the synthesized image; detecting a three-dimensional object on a road surface by detecting an area in which the displayed synthesized image varies from other areas in the synthesized image; and performing image processing on the synthesized image using a second processing method to detect the three-dimensional object, the second processing method comparing an intensity or chrominance difference between a region on the road surface and a front side of the three-dimensional object, wherein, after the area where the displayed image varies from other areas is detected, the three-dimensional object is detected by detecting an image variation characteristic of the three-dimensional object in the detected area; wherein the first processing method is different than the second processing method; and displaying an image of the three-dimensional object associated with the synthesized image and the detected three-dimensional object, viewed as from above the vehicle.