Systems and methods for generating a virtual view of a virtual camera based on an input image are described. A system for generating a virtual view of a virtual camera based on an input image can include a capturing device including a physical camera and a depth sensor. The system also includes a controller configured to determine an actual pose of the capturing device; determine a desired pose of the virtual camera for showing the virtual view; define an epipolar geometry between the actual pose of the capturing device and the desired pose of the virtual camera; and generate a virtual image depicting objects within the input image according to the desired pose of the virtual camera for the virtual camera based on an epipolar relation between the actual pose of the capturing device, the input image, and the desired pose of the virtual camera.

An optical device includes: a display; an optical element that includes a first face and a second face facing the first face, the optical element receiving light from the display through the first face, reflecting the received light on the second face, and emitting the reflected light through the first face; a housing that accommodates the display and the optical element; and a fixing structure that fixes the optical element by holding the optical element from different sides of the optical element.

A vehicle monitoring device for installment in a vehicle in which a cargo bed is provided at a rear side of a cabin and a tailgate is provided at a rear end portion of the cargo bed. The vehicle monitoring device includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory. The processor is configured to cause a first imaging unit installed at a rear face portion of the tailgate to capture an image rearward of the vehicle, cause a second imaging unit installed at a cabin rear end portion side of an upper portion of the vehicle to capture an image of the cargo bed and rearward of the vehicle, cause an open or closed state acquisition section to acquire an open or closed state of the tailgate, and when a state in which the tailgate is in a closed state is acquired by the open or closed state acquisition section, use images captured by the first imaging unit to assist monitoring rearward of the vehicle, and when a state in which the tailgate is in an open state is acquired by the open or closed state acquisition section, use images captured by the second imaging unit to assist monitoring rearward of the vehicle.

A display device includes a light collector including a camera unit having a camera and a window unit having a window, an optical unit that controls a path of light received from the window unit, and a transparent display panel including at least one pixel area that displays an image based on an image captured by the camera unit and at least one transmissive area that displays an image received from the optical unit.

In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of calibrating a camera for a vehicle, comprising: obtaining attitude angle information of the vehicle by using a traveling direction of the vehicle obtained based on a satellite signal, and a vertical direction from ground obtained based on a high definition map; obtaining attitude angle information of the camera mounted on the vehicle by matching an image captured by the camera to the high definition map; and obtaining coordinate system transformation information between the vehicle and the camera by using the attitude angle information of the vehicle and the attitude angle information of the camera.

A vehicle periphery display device includes: an acquisition portion acquiring a captured image obtained by imaging a periphery of a vehicle with an imaging portion; and a display processing portion causing a display image that is a stereoscopic image of the vehicle and the periphery of the vehicle to be displayed on a display portion on the basis of the captured image. The display processing portion causes at least one of a contour guide line representing a contour of the vehicle, and a predicted course guide line that is a trajectory drawn by the contour guide line according to movement of the vehicle to be included in the display image, and changes a position of at least one of the contour guide and predicted course guide lines such that the contour guide and predicted course guide lines are present above a road surface when the vehicle is turned.

An apparatus and a method for camera view selection for a first vehicle are provided. The apparatus can include camera modules and processing circuitry. The camera modules are configured to use first camera views to show a surrounding environment of the first vehicle. The processing circuitry can obtain view selection information that indicates at least one of: one or more reference camera views and road information for the first vehicle. The processing circuitry can determine, based on the view selection information, a candidate camera view for the first vehicle from the first camera views and select one of the first camera views for a user of the first vehicle based on at least one of the candidate camera view and a user preference.

A left infrared camera module provided in a vehicle includes: a left infrared emitting unit configured to emit infrared rays toward an outside, and a left infrared camera configured to acquire infrared image data indicating a surrounding environment of the vehicle. The left infrared emitting unit and the left infrared camera are mounted on a left C-pillar of the vehicle.

[Object] To provide a vehicle-mounted camera capable of successfully absorbing stress applied to a flexible board that connects a main board and an imaging device board to each other.

[Solving Means] The vehicle-mounted camera includes an imaging device board, a main board, and a flexible board. The imaging device board includes a first terminal. The main board includes a second terminal. The flexible board includes a first connection portion to be connected to the first terminal, a second connection portion to be connected to the second terminal, and a first bending portion and a second bending portion that are located between the first connection portion and the second connection portion and are bent along a first bending axis and a second bending axis intersecting with each other in a developed state of the flexible board. The vehicle-mounted camera is capable of absorbing stress in any direction applied to the flexible board.

An imaging system includes a camera and an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus tracks an object image included in an output image by the camera, and generates information for correcting distortion of the output image based on a change in shape accompanying movement of the object image. Then, the image processing apparatus corrects the output image using the generated information.