Vehicle Control Device AR Parking Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle control systems lack an efficient method for intuitively providing parking space information to drivers, especially in autonomous driving scenarios, where identifying available parking spaces and managing parking transactions is cumbersome and not user-friendly.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle control device equipped with a camera, display, and controller that captures real-time images, detects virtual parking-available spaces, generates parking space information, and overlays this information onto the display, allowing users to navigate and manage parking through augmented reality (AR) interfaces, including payment and authorization processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional parking space identification methods are used, then the system structure remains simple, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to cumbersome parking space identification and management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses augmented reality to create a virtual copy of parking space information overlaid on the real-world view. The controller generates virtual parking space markers that correspond to actual parking spaces, allowing drivers to identify and navigate to parking spaces through the display without physical interaction with parking management systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The display acts as an intermediary between the driver and parking space information. Instead of directly interacting with complex parking management systems or physically searching for parking spaces, the driver receives processed parking space information through the AR display, which mediates the interaction between the vehicle control system and the driver.
2Loss of time
If manual parking management processes are used, then the device complexity remains low, but the loss of time increases due to cumbersome navigation and transaction processes
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-identifying and displaying available parking spaces before the vehicle arrives. The controller detects parking spaces in advance, generates virtual markers, and provides navigation information to guide the vehicle to the parking space, eliminating the need for last-minute searching and manual navigation processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically detecting parking spaces, generating navigation routes, and managing parking transactions without requiring manual driver intervention. The vehicle control system autonomously handles parking space identification, navigation guidance, and payment transactions, reducing the time drivers spend on these tasks.
3Ease of operation
If comprehensive parking information is provided, then the ease of operation improves, but the quantity of information increases which may overwhelm the driver
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing parking space information specifically at the relevant location in the driver's field of view through AR overlay. Instead of displaying all parking information in a separate interface that requires driver attention away from the road, the parking space markers are projected directly onto the display at the corresponding spatial location, providing information locally where needed.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle control device that includes: a camera that is configured to capture an outside image of a vehicle in real time; a display that is configured to present the outside image of the vehicle in real time; and a controller that is configured to (i) detect, from the outside image, a virtual parking-available space that corresponds to an actual parking-available space in an area captured in the outside image and that is tagged in the outside image, (ii) generate parking space information based on the virtual parking-available space, and (iii) provide the parking space information to the display to overlay the parking space information over the outside image on the display is disclosed.