Remote Parking Visual Control Using 3D Surround View

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Solution Overview

Problem

Remote-controlled parking operations are hindered by the user's inability to visualize areas around the vehicle that are obscured, leading to potential interruptions or collisions during automated parking processes.

Innovation Solution

A method utilizing at least two cameras on the vehicle to capture surrounding image information, generating three-dimensional spatial perspective environmental information, and displaying it on a mobile remote control device, allowing the user to view hidden areas through a partially transparent representation of the vehicle, enabling safer control of parking maneuvers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the driver stands outside the vehicle during remote-controlled parking, then the driver can control the parking operation remotely, but the driver cannot see areas around the vehicle that are obscured by the vehicle itself

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveremote control capabilityVSAvoidvisual information of obscured areas
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a bird's-eye view display that presents three-dimensional spatial information in a two-dimensional format on the mobile device screen. This dimensional transformation allows the driver to perceive areas around and behind the vehicle from an elevated perspective, overcoming the physical limitation of standing at ground level and providing comprehensive visual information of the parking environment.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system captures real-time images from multiple cameras positioned on the vehicle and creates a virtual copy of the surrounding environment displayed on the mobile device. This visual copy includes obscured areas by synthesizing images from different camera angles and presenting them as a unified bird's-eye view, allowing the driver to see what would otherwise be invisible from their physical position.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Device complexity

If traditional camera systems are used without three-dimensional processing, then the system complexity is low, but the user cannot perceive obscured areas and collision risk increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem simplicityVSAvoidparking safety
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent processes two-dimensional images from multiple cameras to generate three-dimensional spatial information representing the vehicle's surroundings. This 3D environmental model is then displayed in a bird's-eye view on the mobile device, enabling the driver to perceive obscured areas and spatial relationships, thereby significantly improving parking safety while maintaining manageable system complexity through software-based processing.

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

Data Source

PatentEP3774499B1Method for monitoring and controlling a remotely-controlled parking or maneuvering operation of a vehicle
Publication Date: 2023.10.18 CONTINENTAL AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY GERMANY GMBH
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AI summary

The invention relates to a method for monitoring and controlling a remotely-controlled parking or maneuvering operation of a vehicle (1), comprising the following steps: capturing image information in the region surrounding the vehicle (1) by means of at least two cameras of the vehicle (1); creating spatially perspective surroundings information on the basis of the image information from the at least two cameras; displaying the spatially perspective surroundings information on a mobile remote-control device (2); controlling the parking or maneuvering operation by means of the mobile remote-control device (2) on the basis of the spatially perspective surroundings information.