Vehicle AR Display Positioning With Unified Posture Correction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Position displacement of images in vehicle-based augmented reality displays occurs due to changes in vehicle posture caused by passenger load, fuel levels, and road conditions, leading to discomfort for drivers when corrections are made separately for stationary and traveling states.

Innovation Solution

A display system that includes a posture detection device, a posture estimator, a reference position setting device, and a correction processing device to continuously adjust the display position of virtual images based on real-time vehicle posture variations, ensuring accurate alignment with the vehicle's surroundings without causing noticeable shifts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If separate corrections are made for stationary and traveling states, then image position accuracy is improved for each state, but driver discomfort increases due to noticeable position shifts during state transitions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage position accuracyVSAvoiddriver discomfort
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the correction operations for stationary and traveling states into a unified continuous correction process. The posture detection device continuously monitors vehicle posture, and the correction amount is calculated and applied without interruption during state transitions, eliminating noticeable position shifts and driver discomfort while maintaining image position accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamic correction by continuously adjusting the image display position based on real-time vehicle posture detection. The correction amount is dynamically calculated according to the detected posture variation amount, allowing the system to adapt smoothly to changing vehicle conditions during transitions between stationary and traveling states.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Stability of the object's composition

If continuous correction is applied during vehicle operation, then image position stability is improved, but system complexity increases due to multiple detection and correction components

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage position stabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a universal correction mechanism that handles both stationary and traveling states through a single integrated system. The posture detection device and correction processing device work together to provide continuous correction functionality across all vehicle operating conditions, reducing the need for separate correction systems for different states.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent maintains continuous correction action by constantly detecting vehicle posture and applying correction amounts without interruption. This continuous operation ensures image position stability throughout all vehicle states while using a streamlined system that avoids the complexity of multiple discrete correction mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS11945310B2Display system
Publication Date: 2024.04.02 PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYST CO LTD
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AI summary

A display system includes a posture detection device that detects a posture variation amount of a moving body, a posture estimator that estimates a posture state of the moving body based on the posture variation amount, a reference position setting device that sets a reference position of an image based on the posture state, a correction processing device that sets a correction amount of a display position of the image based on the posture variation amount, and a display processing device that controls a display position of the image based on the reference position, the correction amount, and a timing command.