Vehicle AR Display System Context-Aware Content Adaptation

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional vehicle display systems primarily show route information, traffic information, and warnings, failing to provide context-specific content or messages based on the travel environment, such as characteristics of the travel path or nearby stores.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that acquires characteristic information during travel and selects display data from a database to generate augmented reality images by superimposing virtual objects on real-time camera captures, allowing for context-specific content and message display on a vehicle's display units.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional display devices merely display route information, traffic information, or warnings, then the device complexity is low, but the adaptability to different travel environments is poor

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to travel environmentVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display device is enhanced to perform multiple functions: it not only displays traditional route and traffic information but also acquires characteristic information about the travel environment, selects appropriate display data based on this information, and presents context-specific content. This multi-functionality approach allows the same device to adapt to various travel environments without requiring multiple separate systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring characteristic information about the travel environment in advance and pre-selecting display data from a database before the actual display occurs. This preparation work enables the display device to quickly adapt to different environments without complex real-time processing, thereby maintaining relatively simple device architecture while achieving high adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If the display device acquires characteristic information and selects display data based on travel environment, then the adaptability improves, but the processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to travel environmentVSAvoidprocessing complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring characteristic information about the travel environment in advance and pre-selecting display data from a database before the actual display occurs. This preparation work enables the display device to quickly adapt to different environments without complex real-time processing, thereby maintaining relatively simple device architecture while achieving high adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

A characteristic information acquisition unit and display data selection unit act as intermediaries between the travel environment and the display device. These intermediary components handle the complex tasks of information acquisition, analysis, and selection, shielding the core display system from complexity while enabling adaptive behavior. The intermediaries process environmental data and translate it into appropriate display content.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of information

If context-specific content is displayed based on travel environment, then the information relevance improves, but the loss of time for information processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation relevanceVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring characteristic information about the travel environment in advance and pre-selecting display data from a database before the actual display occurs. This preparation work enables the display device to quickly adapt to different environments without complex real-time processing, thereby maintaining relatively simple device architecture while achieving high adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20220412763A1Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Publication Date: 2022.12.29 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

A configuration is achieved in which display data selected on the basis of characteristic information acquired while a vehicle is traveling is displayed on a display unit inside the vehicle. The configuration has a data processing unit that executes display control of data output to the display unit provided inside a mobile device. The data processing unit acquires characteristic information while the mobile device is traveling, and decides, on the basis of the acquired characteristic information, display data to be output to the display unit. The data processing unit selects display data recorded corresponding to the acquired characteristic information from a characteristic-information corresponding display data storage database, generates an AR image obtained by superimposing the selected display data on a real object image that is an image captured by a camera mounted on the mobile device, and outputs the AR image to the display unit.