Vehicle Image Display for Intuitive Driving Mode Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle control systems fail to visually depict changes in vehicle state and traveling performance, making it difficult for occupants to intuitively understand the vehicle's condition.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device that displays a peripheral image and vehicle image modeling the vehicle from a virtual viewpoint, changing its appearance based on traveling mode, and includes features like a steering wheel image and miniature models to intuitively convey the vehicle's state and mode.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If vehicle images are displayed to show vehicle state, then information visibility is improved, but the images do not intuitively convey traveling mode changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes to the vehicle image to represent different traveling modes. The vehicle image changes its appearance color or visual characteristics based on the current traveling mode, allowing occupants to intuitively understand the vehicle state through visual color cues rather than complex data displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms abstract traveling mode data into a visual dimension by displaying the vehicle image with mode-specific appearances. This adds a visual dimension to the information display, converting numerical or textual mode indicators into intuitive graphical representations that occupants can immediately comprehend.
2Measurement precision
If detailed vehicle data is displayed, then measurement precision is improved, but visual comprehension becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy or representation of the vehicle's traveling mode state through the vehicle image. Instead of displaying raw sensor data, the system generates a simplified visual copy that mirrors the actual vehicle state, making it easy for occupants to comprehend without needing to interpret complex measurements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses color changes in the vehicle image to encode different traveling modes, transforming precise measurement data into intuitive visual signals. This allows the system to maintain accurate state detection while presenting the information in a visually comprehensible format through color-coded representations.
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AI summary
An information processing device has a control section that, on the basis of sensed information that a vehicle can sense, displays, on a display portion, a peripheral image showing a peripheral situation of the vehicle and a vehicle image modeling the vehicle of a time of viewing from a virtual viewpoint, and that changes an appearance of the vehicle image in accordance with a change in a traveling mode (sport, eco, comfort) relating to traveling performances of the vehicle.