Apparatus and method for generating peripheral image of vehicle

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for generating a peripheral image of a vehicle in order to obtain an image of the rear of the vehicle and display the same on a monitor. An apparatus for generating a peripheral image of a vehicle according to the present invention comprises: a camera unit, located in a vehicle, for photographing the periphery, thereby generating a photographed image; a bird's eye view image generating unit for generating a bird's eye view image by transforming the photographed image into data on a ground coordinate system which is projected with the camera unit as a start point; a movement information extracting unit for extracting movement information of the vehicle on the basis of the wheel pulse of the left wheel and the right wheel of the vehicle that is generated through a wheel pulse sensor located in the vehicle; a movement area bird's eye view image generating unit for generating a movement area bird's eye view image, which is a bird's eye view regarding an area where the vehicle moves, by matching the previous bird's eye view image, generated by the bird's eye view image generating unit, to the movement information; and a synthesized bird's eye image generating unit for synthesizing a subsequent bird's eye view image which is photographed and generated after the previous bird's eye view image is generated with the movement area bird's eye view image.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a device and method for generating a vehicle peripheral image (image). In particular, it relates to a vehicle surrounding image generating device and method, the vehicle surrounding image generating device is used to obtain an image behind the vehicle and display it on a monitor. Background technique [0002] Generally, a vehicle uses a prime mover such as an engine mounted on a vehicle body as a power source, and transports people or goods or performs various tasks while traveling on roads. The driver of the vehicle drives the vehicle safely while paying attention to the direction of travel. [0003] However, when the vehicle is parked or reversed, it is difficult for the driver of the vehicle to pay attention to the direction of travel behind the vehicle. Therefore, as a device for displaying the rear of a vehicle, a display device that directly outputs an image of an image pickup device installed at the rear of a vehicle to...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] However, the technique has the limitation of being unable to display objects that do not exist in the current field of view of the image capture device

For example, when reversing to stop the vehicle, there is a problem that the parking line (outside the current field of view) that already exists in the space the vehicle is passing through cannot be displayed

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