Abstract: A bird's-eye view image generation device includes: an image data acquisition unit that acquires periphery image data obtained by photographing a periphery of a vehicle; an obstacle information acquisition unit that acquires positional information of an obstacle detected in the periphery of the vehicle; a bird's-eye view image generation unit that generates a bird's-eye view image obtained by combining periphery images acquired by the image data acquisition unit, the periphery images having been subjected to viewpoint conversion processing so that a virtual viewpoint is positioned at a position at which the vehicle and the obstacle can be overlooked, based on the positional information of the obstacle acquired by the obstacle information acquisition unit; and a display control unit that causes a display panel to display the bird's-eye view image generated by the bird's-eye view image generation unit.

Abstract: A bird's-eye view image generation device includes: an image data acquisition unit that acquires periphery image data obtained by photographing a periphery of a vehicle; an obstacle information acquisition unit that acquires positional information of an obstacle detected in the periphery of the vehicle; a bird's-eye view image generation unit that generates a bird's-eye view image obtained by combining periphery images acquired by the image data acquisition unit, the periphery images having been subjected to viewpoint conversion processing so that a virtual viewpoint is positioned at a position at which the vehicle and the obstacle can be overlooked, based on the positional information of the obstacle acquired by the obstacle information acquisition unit; and a display control unit that causes a display panel to display the bird's-eye view image generated by the bird's-eye view image generation unit.

Abstract: A method and system for laying out and typesetting in a computerized publishing system comprises the steps of: grouping materials to be laid out on a type area of a page according to theme of articles to define a plurality of theme families, classifying the plurality of articles into a variable article type and fixed article type by adding an identifier, giving a rank to each of the theme families and to the articles, adding information to each of the materials for specifying the size of the materials that are to be laid out on the type area and further for specifying the rank of the theme family and the article, storing the materials into a file together with the information, laying out the materials based upon the information by reading the content of the file to determine a page layout while referencing to a knowledge base, and typesetting a page based upon the page layout to create a typeset, wherein the step of laying out the materials including a step of modifying said page layout based upon a result of