3D Driver Posture Estimation for Vehicle Seat and Wheel Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies struggle to accurately measure a driver's physical status, leading to suboptimal adjustment of in-vehicle devices such as seats and steering wheels, which can result in a less than ideal driving posture.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device that includes a calculation unit to determine three-dimensional information of a driver and an estimation unit to estimate an optimal driving posture, enabling precise adjustment of in-vehicle devices based on this information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If three-dimensional information is used to estimate optimal driving posture, then driving comfort and safety are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical measurement systems with imaging-based optical systems. Instead of using multiple sensors and mechanical devices to measure driver posture, the system uses imaging units (cameras) to capture images and calculate three-dimensional information through image processing algorithms, thereby reducing mechanical complexity while maintaining measurement accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a virtual three-dimensional model of the driver by processing images from imaging units. This digital copy of the driver's physical posture allows the system to estimate optimal driving posture without requiring direct physical contact or complex mechanical measurement devices, thus improving reliability while controlling device complexity
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AI summary
An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes a calculation unit and an estimation unit. The calculation unit calculates three-dimensional information of a driver on the basis of information from an imaging unit mounted on a vehicle. The estimation unit estimates an optimal driving posture of the driver on the basis of the three-dimensional information.