Navigation Camera Angle Adjustment for Parking Visibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional navigation devices preset camera angles and provide limited information, requiring users to manually adjust angles and search for additional location-related information, which is inconvenient and lacks visibility.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that automatically change the camera angle of a navigation screen based on measured location events, such as entering a parking lot or elevator, and provide intuitive additional information like parking lot drawings or travel routes, enhancing visibility and convenience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a conventional navigation device presets a camera angle and outputs a map image at the set angle, then the device structure is simple, but the user cannot view the map image at a specific angle without manual input

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecamera angle adjustmentVSAvoidangle change mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The navigation device automatically changes the camera angle based on the detected event (e.g., entering a parking lot or elevator) without requiring user input. The system serves itself by autonomously determining when angle adjustment is needed and executing the change, thereby improving ease of operation while avoiding the need for complex manual control mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The device pre-configures multiple camera angles and event-triggered angle change logic in advance. When an event is detected, the system already has the appropriate angle change prepared and can execute it immediately, eliminating the need for real-time user input while maintaining simple device structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If a conventional navigation device provides only map information, then the information display is simple, but the user cannot easily acquire additional location-related information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelocation information availabilityVSAvoidinformation display system
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The navigation device integrates multiple functions into a single system: it provides basic map navigation while also detecting events (parking lots, elevators), determining appropriate camera angles, and displaying additional location-related information. This multi-functional approach ensures comprehensive information availability without requiring separate complex information systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses event detection as an intermediary mechanism that triggers both camera angle changes and additional information display. This intermediary approach allows the system to seamlessly integrate multiple information types and functions while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure, as the event detection acts as a unifying trigger for all enhancements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If the navigation device automatically changes camera angle based on location events, then the visibility and convenience are improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenavigation convenienceVSAvoidevent detection and angle change system
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The navigation device autonomously detects location events (such as entering a parking lot or elevator) and automatically executes camera angle changes without user intervention. This self-service capability improves navigation convenience by eliminating manual angle adjustment while keeping the added complexity manageable through automated event-triggered logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the camera angle parameter automatically based on detected location events. By using parameter changes (camera angle) as a direct response to event detection, the system achieves improved convenience with minimal added complexity, as the angle change is a straightforward parameter adjustment rather than a complex mechanical or computational system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250189336A1Method and system for providing navigation service
Publication Date: 2025.06.12 HYUNDAI AUTOEVER
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AI summary

Methods for providing a navigation service are proposed. According to an embodiment, a method comprises displaying a navigation screen related to a first camera angle, determining whether an event related to an angle change has occurred based on a measured location, changing a camera angle of the navigation screen from the first camera angle to a second camera angle based on determination that the event related to the angle change has occurred, and displaying an information related to the event.