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- Patent Title: Image processing system, in-vehicle camera system with image processing system, and vehicle with camera system
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Application No.: US17645427Application Date: 2021-12-21
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Publication No.: US11546523B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Kazuhiko Kobayashi
- Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Maschoff Brennan
- Priority: JPJP2020-213918 20201223
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; B60R1/10 ; G06T5/00 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
An image processing device is enabled to appropriately restore a contrast of a camera image. An in-vehicle camera has an image capture unit that captures images of surroundings of a vehicle through a windshield of the vehicle. A hood is disposed below the image capture unit and is present within an angle of view of the image capture unit. The control unit includes a luminance acquirer that acquires a luminance parameter indicating a degree of luminance of the hood appearing in a camera image, a whitish blur degree calculator that calculates a degree of whitish blur of the camera image caused by a reflection of natural light by the hood and the windshield in accordance with the luminance parameter, and a contrast corrector that corrects a contrast of the camera image in accordance with the whitish blur degree.
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