Multi-Viewpoint Imaging Unit for Vehicle Display Obstruction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional imaging devices in vehicular display systems face challenges in capturing passengers due to varying body frames and driving postures, as well as obstacles like the steering wheel, which can obstruct the view and limit the imaging range.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an imaging device with multiple viewpoint positions at vertically different locations within the vehicular display device, allowing the camera to capture images from multiple angles and overcome obstructions, thereby extending the imaging range and ensuring robustness in imaging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a single viewpoint imaging unit is used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the imaging range and reliability are limited due to obstacles and varying passenger positions
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging unit is segmented into multiple imaging units positioned at different vertical locations (upper, middle, lower viewpoints). Each imaging unit independently captures images from its specific viewpoint, allowing the system to overcome obstacles like the steering wheel and adapt to varying passenger positions and body frames, thereby improving imaging reliability without requiring a single complex adjustable system
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces vertical dimensionality by positioning imaging units at multiple vertical levels (upper, middle, lower) within the display device. This multi-dimensional arrangement enables the system to capture passengers from different vertical angles, overcoming horizontal obstacles like the steering wheel and accommodating variations in passenger height and posture, thus enhancing reliability through spatial diversity
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple viewpoint positions are provided at vertically different locations, then the imaging range is extended and robustness is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple imaging units with fixed viewpoints are integrated into a single vehicular display device, enabling the device to perform multiple imaging functions simultaneously. The upper, middle, and lower imaging units can capture different regions and angles of passengers, allowing the system to adapt to various passenger positions, body frames, and driving postures without requiring individual adjustment mechanisms for each unit
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple imaging units with different vertical viewpoints into a unified vehicular display device. The image generation unit combines images from all imaging units to create comprehensive visual content, achieving high adaptability through integration while managing complexity through shared processing and display resources
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AI summary
An imaging device is provided in a vehicular display device mounted in a vehicle to display information and photographs a passenger of the vehicle. The imaging device includes an imaging unit having a plurality of viewpoint positions provided at vertically different locations in the vehicular display device. The imaging unit is configured to photograph the passenger from a plurality of viewpoints at the plurality of viewpoint positions.