Remote Vehicle Operation Display for Communication Status Awareness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote operation systems for moving bodies, such as vehicles, lack a clear and prominent prompt for users to activate the operation terminal, leading to potential oversight of communication status, which can hinder effective remote operation.
Innovation Solution
A remote operation system that includes a control device and an operation terminal, where the control device displays a communication status superimposed on a surrounding image of the moving body, providing visual cues for the user on connection status and prompting them to exit the vehicle after successful connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the communication status display is shown separately from the surrounding image, then the communication status is clearly indicated, but the user may overlook the prompt and the surrounding image context is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the communication status display with the surrounding image by superimposing the status information directly onto the image of the moving body. This integration ensures that users viewing the surrounding image are immediately aware of the communication status without the need for separate displays, thus preventing oversight while maintaining contextual awareness.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication status is overlaid on the two-dimensional surrounding image, adding an informational layer without requiring additional physical space. This dimensional approach allows multiple pieces of information (surroundings + communication status) to be presented simultaneously in a unified visual interface.
2Ease of operation
If the communication status display is superimposed on the surrounding image, then the user maintains awareness of surroundings, but the communication status may be less prominent
Solution Approach 1:
The communication status display is positioned at a specific location on the surrounding image (superimposed on the image of the moving body), allowing it to be integrated into the overall display while maintaining local prominence. This localized placement ensures the status information is visible without dominating the entire surrounding image view.
3Loss of information
If a separate display is used for communication status, then the status is clearly visible, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the communication status display function with the existing surrounding image display on the operation terminal. By integrating these functions into a single display interface, the system avoids the complexity of managing separate display devices while ensuring both the surrounding image and communication status are presented to the user.
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AI summary
A remote operation system for a moving body, includes: a control device provided on the moving body; and an operation terminal configured to receive input from a user and to communicate with the control device. The moving body includes an external environment sensor that acquires surrounding information of the moving body and a display device. The control device creates a surrounding image including the moving body based on the surrounding information, makes the display device display the surrounding image, and in a case where communication between the control device and the operation terminal is performed, makes the display device display the surrounding image in which at least a part of a communication status display showing a status of communication with the control device is superimposed on an image of the moving body included in the surrounding image.