Service Robot Projector Aligns With Vehicle For Visual Guide
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users find it difficult to accurately assess vehicle performance and suitability in an actual driving environment when purchasing a vehicle, as current methods lack effective visualization and interaction with the vehicle.
Innovation Solution
A service robot equipped with a projector, sensors, and a controller that monitors user interaction and presents visual information about the vehicle, aligns itself with the vehicle, and adjusts its position based on pre-stored information to provide a more immersive and informative experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If visual information is projected onto the vehicle during guide description, then user understanding of vehicle performance is improved, but device complexity increases due to adding projector and monitoring systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the projector, monitoring means, and controller into an integrated robot system. The projector displays visual information about vehicle performance directly onto the vehicle, while the monitoring means tracks user reactions, and the controller coordinates both functions along with guide description, creating a unified information delivery system that reduces overall system complexity through integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The robot acts as an intermediary between the vehicle information and the user. Instead of providing raw data or requiring direct user interaction with vehicle systems, the robot mediates by projecting visual information onto the vehicle and monitoring user responses, thereby simplifying the information transfer process while enhancing understanding.
2Ease of operation
If the robot monitors user state and adjusts presentation accordingly, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to sensors and processors
Solution Approach 1:
The robot performs self-adjustment based on user monitoring. The controller automatically modifies the guide description and visual information presentation according to user state data collected by the monitoring means, without requiring manual intervention or complex external control systems. This self-service capability simplifies operation while managing complexity through automated decision-making.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback loop where the monitoring means continuously tracks user state (such as attention level or comprehension), and the controller uses this feedback to adjust the presentation of visual information and guide description in real-time, creating an adaptive interaction experience that improves ease of operation.
3Measurement precision
If the robot moves to align with the vehicle center, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time occurs during position adjustment
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor system detects and acquires the vehicle's position information in advance, allowing the controller to calculate the optimal robot position before actual alignment is needed. This preliminary detection and positioning calculation minimizes the time required for final alignment while ensuring measurement precision when the projection occurs.
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AI summary
A service robot for guiding and describing a displayed vehicle and a method for operating the robot, may include a projector for projecting visual information related to a target vehicle; monitoring means for monitoring a state of a user; and a controller configured to: suggest, to the user, presentation of visual information in conjunction with a guide description of the target vehicle; determine, via the monitoring means, whether the user has accepted the suggestion; and upon determination that the user has accepted the suggestion, present the visual information via the projector.