In-Cabin Agent Display Guidance for Driver Line of Sight
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Solution Overview
Problem
In conventional display systems for vehicle cabins, drivers must search for display positions, causing their line of sight to deviate from the monitoring area, potentially distracting them while driving.
Innovation Solution
An agent apparatus with a microphone, speaker, recognizer, and display controller that generates an agent image to guide the driver's line of sight to the display position of an image, using audio output and display movement to direct attention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the driver searches for display position to ascertain where image will be output, then the driver can find the display, but the line of sight deviates from monitoring area causing driving disturbance
Solution Approach 1:
An agent image is introduced as an intermediary element that mediates between the driver and the actual display. The agent image, displayed on a monitor within the driver's field of view, provides information about where other images will be displayed. This allows the driver to ascertain display positions without moving their line of sight from the road, thus maintaining driving safety while improving ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple displays are provided in vehicle cabin, then display versatility is improved, but driver must search through multiple displays to find target image
Solution Approach 1:
The agent image provides feedback to the driver about the location of other displayed images. By showing the agent image on a monitor that is within the driver's field of view, the system gives immediate feedback about where to look for other images, eliminating the need to search through multiple displays and reducing the time lost in locating target images.
Solution Approach 2:
The agent image serves as an intermediary that communicates the location information of other displays. Instead of the driver directly searching through multiple displays, the agent image acts as a guide that translates the complex multi-display environment into simple directional information, reducing the time required to locate target images.
Data Source
AI summary
An agent apparatus includes: a microphone which collects audio in a vehicle cabin; a speaker which outputs audio to the vehicle cabin; a recognizer which recognizes the meaning of audio collected by the microphone; a display provided in the vehicle cabin; and an agent controller which causes the display to display an agent image in a form of speaking to an occupant and causes the speaker to output audio spoken by the agent image, wherein, when an image provided to the occupant is displayed on the display, the agent controller generates an agent image for guiding the line of sight of the occupant to a display position of the provided image.