Vehicle Driving Line Information Generation for Augmented Reality

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Current electronic devices in vehicles primarily utilize driving images for simple display or brief notification, failing to effectively generate and process driving line information for enhanced safety and navigation.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus and method that receive image data from vehicles, identify line regions, generate driving line information, and output this information through an augmented reality interface for improved navigation and lane change notifications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If driving images are used for simple display or brief notification, then device complexity is reduced, but information utilization efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing complexityVSAvoidinformation utilization efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the driving image processing into multiple stages: initial image acquisition, line region identification, driving line information generation, and augmented reality interface composition. This segmentation allows complex processing to be broken down into manageable modules, resolving the contradiction between processing complexity and information utilization efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from traditional 2D display to augmented reality by overlaying driving line information onto the real-world view through the windshield. This dimensional transformation enables richer information presentation without proportionally increasing processing complexity, as the AR interface reuses processed line information in a new spatial dimension

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Measurement precision

If driving line information is generated and processed, then navigation accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelane determination accuracyVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary line region identification and driving line information generation before the augmented reality interface is rendered. By pre-processing the image data to extract line information, the system achieves high lane determination accuracy while managing processing complexity through staged computation rather than simultaneous complex operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces driving line information as an intermediary data structure between the image processing module and the augmented reality display. This intermediary layer simplifies the overall system complexity by providing a standardized interface that decouples the complex image processing from the AR rendering, while maintaining high measurement precision through detailed line information

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10147001B2Electronic apparatus and control method thereof
Publication Date: 2018.12.04 HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD
  • US10147001B2 patent drawing
  • US10147001B2 patent drawing
  • US10147001B2 patent drawing

AI summary

An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit configured to receive image data including a driving image of a vehicle, a driving line information generation module configured to identify a line region from the image data, and generate driving line information, corresponding to a currently-driving lane of the vehicle in the driving image, from image data corresponding to the identified line region, and a controller configured to perform necessary processing according to the driving line information.