Vehicle Surround View Display for Obstacle Approach Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Surround-view systems provide a vast amount of information, increasing the risk that drivers may not recognize hazards, such as approaching obstacles, due to information overload.
Innovation Solution
A method that includes displaying a first overview of the vehicle's surroundings and a second display specifically alerting the driver to the danger of approaching obstacles, using environmental sensors like cameras and radar, with a second display highlighting the approaching obstacle through virtual perspective changes and overlays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a surround-view system displays a vast amount of information from multiple sensors, then the driver receives comprehensive information about the environment, but the driver may not recognize hazards due to information overload
Solution Approach 1:
The display information is segmented into two distinct representations: a first representation showing a comprehensive overview of the vehicle surroundings, and a second representation specifically highlighting the area where the vehicle is approaching an obstacle. This segmentation allows the driver to receive both comprehensive information and focused hazard alerts without information overload
Solution Approach 2:
The second representation provides localized quality by displaying a larger, enhanced section of the surroundings specifically where the obstacle approach is detected. This local enhancement ensures that critical hazard information receives special attention while the overall context remains available in the first representation
2Reliability
If the system displays a larger section of the surroundings with a second display, then the driver's attention is drawn to the approaching obstacle, but the overall overview of the surroundings may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into two simultaneous representations: the first representation maintains the overall overview of the vehicle surroundings, while the second representation provides an enlarged view of the specific hazard area. Both representations are displayed concurrently on the same display device, ensuring that neither the overall context nor the detailed hazard information is lost
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a method for reproducing the surroundings of a vehicle, comprising the following steps: sensing (100) the surroundings of the vehicle and determining obstacles in the surroundings by means of environmental sensors of the vehicle; displaying (200) a first image comprising a representation of the surroundings with the obstacles and a representation of the vehicle on a display device; establishing (300) an approach of the vehicle to a determined obstacle resulting in the distance from the obstacle (2, 3, 4) falling below a predefined distance; and displaying (400) a second image with a detail, enlarged in comparison with the first image, of the representation of the surroundings with the obstacles and the representation of the vehicle on the display device; wherein the detail reproduces the region of the surroundings and of the vehicle at which the approach of the vehicle to the obstacle was established.