An image processing unit identifies the shape of an obstacle that is identified from an area that appears in a peripheral image based on an image captured by a camera. The shape of the obstacle includes at least a tilt of a section of the obstacle in a road-surface direction. The section of the obstacle faces a vehicle. The image processing unit generates a superimposed image in which a mark image that is generated as a pattern that indicates the identified obstacle is superimposed onto a position that corresponds to the obstacle in the peripheral image. At this time, the image processing unit variably changes properties of the mark image based on the tilt of the obstacle identified by an obstacle identifying unit. The image processing unit then displays the generated superimposed image on display apparatus.

A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: an image capturing unit configured to generate a captured image by capturing a periphery of a mobile body; and a controller configured to generate, from the captured image, a peripheral image representing a view from a virtual viewpoint that is set at a relative position to a current position of the mobile body depending on a movement of the mobile body, generate a display image in which a mobile body image representing a position of the mobile body is superimposed on the peripheral image, and display the mobile body image to fix a position of the mobile body image in the display image.

A vehicular trailer hitching assist system includes a camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and viewing at least rearward of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. The ECU, via image processing of image data captured by the camera, detects a trailer rearward of the vehicle and determines a first path of travel for the vehicle to follow to maneuver the vehicle toward the trailer and to align the tow ball of the vehicle with a trailer hitch of the trailer. The ECU generates an output to maneuver the vehicle along the determined first path of travel. Responsive to detection of an object entering the first path of travel, the ECU determines a second path of travel for the vehicle to follow that avoids the detected object entering the determined path of travel.

The present technology relates to an imaging control device and method, and a vehicle that enable distance measurement with higher accuracy. An imaging control unit controls imaging by a stereo camera system including at least a set of cameras arranged in a vertical direction, the set of cameras including at least one camera arranged to have an optical axis directed obliquely downward, and a monitoring processing unit performs monitoring processing on the basis of an image captured by the stereo camera system. For example, distance measurement processing is performed on the basis of an image captured by at least the set of cameras arranged to have at least one optical axis directed obliquely downward on a side surface of the vehicle. The present technology can be applied to driving assistance of a vehicle.

A display control device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires video data from a plurality of cameras photographing a periphery of a vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generator that applies view point conversion processing and synthesis processing to the video data to generate a bird's-eye view video, an adjacent information acquiring unit that acquires first obstacle information serving as information about obstacles around the vehicle when the vehicle has moved backward and entered the parked state, and second obstacle information serving as the information about the obstacles around the vehicle when the vehicle moves forward to exit the parked state, a comparing unit that compares the first obstacle information with the second obstacle information to determine whether the number of obstacles around the vehicle has increased when the vehicle exits the parked state, and a display controller.

A vehicular vision system includes a forward viewing camera at a windshield of a vehicle and a plurality of color cameras, and includes a display device operable to display video images derived from image data captured by the color cameras. A processing unit includes a first processing chip that has an image processor for machine-vision processing of captured image data, and a second processing chip that receives vehicle data and receives image data captured by the color cameras. The first processing chip machine-vision processes image data captured by the cameras for object detection and classification of objects. The first processing chip controls operating parameters of the color cameras to enhance object detection based on machine-vision processing by the first processing chip of image data captured by the color cameras. The second processing chip controls operating parameters of the color cameras for display at the display device of video images.

Provided is an image processing device that includes a first generation unit that projects a first image on a plurality of planes on a virtual spherical surface according to projection angles obtained by dividing a viewing angle at time of capturing the first image to generate the plurality of basis planar images. The image processing device further includes a second generation unit that projects a second image on a plurality of planes on a virtual spherical surface according to projection angles obtained by dividing a viewing angle at time of capturing the second image having an imaging range overlapping with the first image to generate the plurality of reference planar images, and a plurality of stereo image processing units that performs stereo image processing using a corresponding image pair of the plurality of generated basis planar images and reference planar images to generate distance information indicating a distance to an object on the basis image.

A vehicle hitch assistance system includes comprising an imaging system, a steering system, a dead reckoning device and a controller. The controller determines a hitch location within a vehicle exterior image received from the imaging system and controls the steering system to guide the vehicle in a reverse direction to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the hitch location, including by tracking the location of the vehicle using information received from the dead reckoning device.

Methods and systems for digital image segmentation and annotation, including: receiving a digital image depicting, in part, an object of interest from an input file; one or more of manually and automatically adding a polygon around the object of interest to generate a segmented digital image; one or more of manually and automatically appending a label to the polygon around the object of interest to generate a segmented and annotated digital image, wherein the label indicates one or more of an identity and a characteristic of the object of interest; and outputting information related to the segmented and annotated digital image to an output file. Optionally, the polygon is one of a bounding box and a 4-point polygon. Optionally, the object of interest is a parking spot.

An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory that obtains projection information used for generating a three-dimensional overhead image by projecting a plurality of image data imaged by a plurality of imaging devices to a three-dimensional projection surface when the plurality of imaging devices are installed in a first mobile object, that inputs size information of a second mobile object that is different from the first mobile object, that corrects the projection information based on a size ratio between the first mobile object and the second mobile object, calculated based on the size information of the second mobile object, and that stores corrected projection information in the second mobile object.