Traffic Participant Image Overlay for Blind-Spot Risk Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to accurately determine the correspondence between actual traffic participants and their symbolic representations in a surrounding area image, especially when participants are hidden or in blind spots, making it difficult to assess potential risks.
Innovation Solution
A traffic safety assistance system that includes an acquiring device to gather information on traffic participants, a server to estimate their behavior, and a notifying device to display appearance images and sounds corresponding to the actual participants, enhancing the visibility of their positions and behaviors in a surrounding area image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If symbolic images are used to represent second traffic participants, then the surrounding area image can be displayed, but it becomes difficult to determine which second traffic participant corresponds to which symbolic image
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by displaying the actual captured image of the second traffic participant instead of using generic symbolic images. This allows the first traffic participant to see the real appearance, color, and characteristics of other vehicles, directly solving the problem of determining correspondence between actual participants and their representations in the surrounding area image.
2Device complexity
If generic symbolic images are used for all second traffic participants, then the system is simple to implement, but it is difficult to determine the relationship between actual participants and their images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses copying by transmitting and displaying the actual captured image data of the second traffic participant directly in the surrounding area image. Instead of creating complex symbolic representations, the system copies the real visual information from the captured image and displays it at the corresponding position, maintaining both simplicity and high identification accuracy.
3Loss of information
If appearance images of second traffic participants are transmitted and displayed at corresponding positions, then the correspondence between actual participants and images becomes clear, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the captured image data with the surrounding area image display by directly overlaying or positioning the actual participant images within the same display interface. This integration allows the system to show both the surrounding area context and the actual appearance of traffic participants without requiring separate complex transmission and display systems.
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AI summary
A traffic safety assistance system includes an acquiring device configured to acquire information about a plurality of traffic participants, a server device configured to estimate prospective behavior of the plurality of traffic participants, and a notifying device configured to give notifications to the plurality of traffic participants. The plurality of traffic participants includes a first traffic participant and a second traffic participant. The server device is configured to transmit an appearance image of the second traffic participant to the first traffic participant. The notifying device includes a display device configured to display a surrounding area image showing a surrounding area of the first traffic participant, and display the appearance image of the second traffic participant, which is transmitted from the server device to the first traffic participant, at a position corresponding to the second traffic participant in the surrounding area image.