Adaptive Surrounding Image Display for Vehicle Traveling Status
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for displaying a vehicle's surroundings from a virtual viewpoint fail to adapt to the varying areas of interest based on the vehicle's traveling status, such as speed and direction of the driving force.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a status determining unit, speed detecting unit, and display controlling unit that adjusts the displayed images from multiple cameras to show appropriate viewpoints and display ranges based on the vehicle's speed and control status, ensuring the driver views relevant areas such as blind spots or lateral and rear views accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed viewpoint and display range are used for surrounding images, then the system structure is simple, but the displayed area does not adapt to varying driving conditions and speeds
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the viewpoint and display range of surrounding images changeable based on vehicle traveling status. The system dynamically adjusts which camera images are displayed and from what viewpoint according to real-time speed and driving condition data, transforming a static display system into an adaptive one that responds to varying driving scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes display parameters (viewpoint position and display range) based on detected traveling parameters (speed and control status). By linking display parameters to traveling status parameters, the system achieves adaptability without requiring complex hardware changes, simply adjusting software-controlled display characteristics.
2Loss of information
If multiple surrounding images with different viewpoints and display ranges are always displayed, then the driver receives comprehensive information, but the information overload occurs and relevant information becomes difficult to identify
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and displays only the relevant surrounding images based on current traveling status. Instead of showing all available camera feeds simultaneously, it selectively extracts the most pertinent views (e.g., rear view when moving forward, lateral views when changing direction) and presents them prominently, filtering out less relevant information.
Solution Approach 2:
Different display regions are assigned different qualities and priorities based on their relevance to current driving conditions. The system applies local quality by making certain areas of the display (such as blind spot regions or rear areas) more prominent when they become relevant to the current traveling status, while reducing emphasis on less critical areas.
3Reliability
If the display shows areas laterally to and behind the vehicle at high speed, then safety during high-speed travel is improved, but blind spot areas in front of the vehicle are neglected
Solution Approach 1:
The system periodically reassesses traveling status and adjusts display content accordingly. As speed changes or driving conditions evolve, the display dynamically shifts focus between different areas (front blind spots at low speed, lateral and rear areas at high speed), ensuring continuous adaptation to current safety requirements without permanent neglect of any critical region.
Solution Approach 2:
The display configuration is made dynamic rather than static, allowing the system to switch between different display modes based on real-time speed detection. At low speeds, the system prioritizes front blind spot visualization; at high speeds, it shifts to emphasizing lateral and rear areas, creating a dynamic balance that addresses safety needs across varying operating conditions.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a status determining unit, a speed detecting unit, and a display controlling unit. The status determining unit determines a control status of control performed by an output control apparatus controlling an output direction of a driving force for a vehicle. The speed detecting unit detects a traveling speed of the vehicle. The display controlling unit allows a display apparatus to display one or more surrounding images included in a plurality of surrounding images and determined according to the control status determined by the status determining unit and the traveling speed detected by the speed detecting unit, the plurality of surrounding images being images which show surroundings of the vehicle based on images captured by one or more cameras capturing images of the surroundings of the vehicle and which differ from one another in at least one of a viewpoint and a display range.