Image display apparatus

Abstract

The present invention provides an image display apparatus that synthesizes images captured by a plurality of imaging units mounted on a vehicle to generate a synthesized image, and can generate a synthesized image of the sense of a distance between an object and a vehicle that are easily grasped by the occupant in the composite image. An image display apparatus has: a first imaging device (11B) for imaging an area on the rear of a vehicle (1); a second imaging device (11BL, 11BR) for imaging an area on the rear and side of the vehicle; a synthesizing device (12) for generating a synthesized image in which a first image captured by the first imaging device and a second image captured by the second imaging device are adjacent to each other and a vanishing point of the first image in the synthesized image is different from a vanishing point of the second image in the synthesized image; and a displaying device (13) for displaying the synthesized image.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of an image display device that synthesizes images captured by a plurality of cameras mounted on a vehicle and can display the synthesized images. Background technique [0002] An example of such an image display device is described in Patent Document 1. Specifically, Patent Document 1 describes an image display device in which a left image captured by a left camera whose imaging center is located on the left side from the rear of the vehicle, and a left image captured by a right camera whose imaging center is located on the right side from the rear of the vehicle are described in Patent Document 1. The right image and the rear image captured by the rear camera whose imaging center is directly behind the vehicle are synthesized, and the synthesized image can be displayed. [0003] In addition, Patent Document 2 can be cited as a prior art document related to the invention of the present application....

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Problems solved by technology

If such a composite image is displayed, it is difficult for the occupant to intuitively grasp the sense of distance between the object (for example, another vehicle) appearing in the composite image and the own vehicle on which the occupant is boarded from the composite image.

In other words, it creates a technical problem for the occupant to grasp whether an object appearing in the composite image is relatively far away from the vehicle (e.g., still behind the vehicle) or relatively close to the vehicle (e.g., already to the side of the vehicle)

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