Vehicle Image Color Accuracy via Real-Time Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle image providing apparatuses display limited or representative colors rather than actual colors, making it difficult for drivers to recognize the surrounding environment, and existing methods for identifying actual vehicle colors are complex and costly.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle image providing apparatus that determines the actual color of ego and nearby vehicles using image data, selects a color determination area, extracts color coordinates, and compares them with stored information to reflect the accurate color on the vehicle image, allowing for real-time display without additional production specifications or costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the vehicle image is replaced with the vehicle image having the actual color of the vehicle, then the driver can recognize the surrounding environment more accurately, but unnecessary management costs and complexity in assembly specification increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables the vehicle image providing apparatus to automatically determine and apply the actual vehicle color using image processing algorithms. The processor extracts color information from captured images, identifies the vehicle color through pattern recognition, and applies it to the displayed vehicle image without requiring manual intervention or separate color identification procedures, thereby eliminating the need for additional management complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual or mechanical method of color identification (such as separate color classification and part number identification) with an automated image processing system. The processor uses computer vision algorithms to analyze image data, determine vehicle colors, and generate the colored vehicle image, substituting complex mechanical identification processes with electronic image analysis
2Measurement precision
If the vehicle image is replaced with the vehicle image having the actual color of the vehicle, then the driver can recognize the surrounding environment more accurately, but additional costs are incurred
Solution Approach 1:
The system integrates multiple functions into a single vehicle image providing apparatus: it captures images, processes image data, determines vehicle colors, and displays the colored vehicle images. This multi-functional integration eliminates the need for separate color identification systems and manual processes, thereby reducing overall management costs while achieving accurate color representation
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus automatically performs color determination and image generation without requiring external color specification inputs or manual color identification procedures. The system uses its own image processing capabilities to self-determine the vehicle color and apply it, eliminating the need for additional color management resources and reducing operational costs
3Ease of operation
If conventional vehicle image providing apparatus displays previously stored images, then the system is simple to operate, but the displayed color does not reflect the actual exterior color of the vehicle
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously captures images of the vehicle and surrounding environment, and continuously processes this image data to determine and display the actual vehicle color in real-time. This continuous operation ensures that the displayed vehicle image always reflects the current actual color without requiring manual updates or separate color input procedures, maintaining both simplicity and accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the static display of pre-stored images with a dynamic image processing system that continuously analyzes captured images to determine vehicle color. The processor uses automated color extraction algorithms to convert image data into accurate vehicle color representation, substituting the simple but inaccurate stored image approach with an intelligent real-time color determination system
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AI summary
A vehicle image providing apparatus includes: a processor that determines an actual color of a vehicle based on image data and generates a vehicle image based on the determined actual color of the vehicle; and a storage that stores information generated by the processor. The processor determines the actual color of the vehicle or an actual color of a nearby vehicle and reflects the determined color of the vehicle or nearby vehicle on the vehicle image which is displayed on a display of the vehicle.