Vehicle Ride-Along Image Streaming With Location and Voice Sync
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems between a vehicle and an external terminal fail to provide a user with a sense of being on a ride-along experience, limiting the enjoyment of the drive with the vehicle's driver.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that acquires current location information and outside images while traveling, transmitting a superimposed traveling image to a terminal device, and facilitating a voice call between the vehicle passenger and the external user, enhancing the virtual ride-along experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If video data representing the front of the vehicle is transmitted to the off-vehicle terminal, then the user can see what the driver sees, but the user still cannot feel like riding on the vehicle and enjoy the drive with the driver
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the driving experience into multiple information components: outside images captured by vehicle-mounted cameras, current location information from GPS, and voice communication channels. By dividing the immersive experience into these separable elements and transmitting them together, the system creates a more comprehensive virtual presence than video alone could provide.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple information sources (visual images, location data, and voice communication) into a unified transmission package sent to the off-vehicle terminal. This combination of diverse data types creates a multi-sensory virtual ride-along experience that enables the user to feel as if they are riding with the driver, not just observing.
2Quantity of substance
If only video data is transmitted for the user to observe, then the transmission data amount is manageable, but the user cannot enjoy a virtual drive with the driver
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the immersive experience into manageable data components: compressed video data, compact location information, and voice audio. This segmentation allows each element to be optimized for transmission efficiency while collectively providing a rich virtual ride-along experience that exceeds what video alone could achieve.
3Reliability
If the driver looks aside to check surroundings, then the driver can monitor the environment, but the user of the off-vehicle terminal cannot feel like riding on the vehicle
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the driver's environmental awareness (captured through camera images when looking aside) with location information and voice communication. This combination allows the user to experience not only the forward view but also the driver's situational awareness and reactions to surrounding conditions, enhancing immersion without compromising driver safety.
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ProblemThe present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described points and an object of which is to provide an information processing apparatus that allows a user outside a vehicle, such as an automobile, to enjoy a virtual drive with a passenger riding the vehicle.SolutionThe information processing apparatus of the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires current location information on a moving body and an outside image of the moving body shot by an image capturing unit disposed in the moving body while the moving body is traveling; a transmission unit that performs a transmission process of transmitting a traveling image to a terminal device, the traveling image including information based on the current location information superimposed on the outside image acquired by the acquisition unit; and a voice call unit that performs a voice call process in which a passenger of the moving body and a user of the terminal device perform a voice call simultaneously with the transmission process.