Vehicle Surrounding Image Overlay for Object Location Clarity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image display systems for vehicles fail to accurately indicate the direction and location of objects around the vehicle, leading to potential collisions despite displaying surrounding images.
Innovation Solution
An image display system with multiple detecting units (cameras and sonars) that obtain surrounding images, detect objects, and overlay indicators in the form of frames to highlight detected objects, allowing users to recognize their direction and location within the displayed image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a surrounding image is displayed on the display, then the user can notice the existence of objects around the vehicle, but the user cannot notice the direction or location of the object
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an indicator (frame) as an intermediary element that bridges the gap between the raw surrounding image and the user's understanding. The frame is overlaid on the displayed image to mark the precise location and direction of detected objects, serving as a visual mediator that translates detection data into comprehensible spatial information without altering the original image content
Solution Approach 2:
The indicator (frame) is a simple, lightweight graphical element that can be rapidly generated and updated without significant computational or material cost. It is created on-demand based on object detection results and can be easily refreshed or removed as objects move or disappear, making it an efficient, low-cost solution for providing continuous location information
2Reliability
If multiple detecting units are used to detect objects, then the detection coverage is improved, but the complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the output data from multiple detecting units into a unified object detection result. Instead of processing each detecting unit's data separately and displaying multiple independent indicators, the system merges the detection information and represents it with a single integrated frame that encompasses all detected objects, simplifying the overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive detection coverage
3Loss of information
If an indicator is overlapped with the surrounding image, then the user can recognize the direction and location of the object, but the clarity of the surrounding image may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The indicator (frame) is designed as a thin, transparent graphical overlay that can be superimposed on the surrounding image without significantly blocking the underlying visual information. The frame acts like a transparent film that provides necessary location markers while allowing the user to see through it to the original image content, maintaining both object location clarity and image visibility simultaneously
Data Source
AI summary
An image display system is configured to display an image. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain a surrounding image indicating surroundings of a vehicle. A plurality of detecting units are disposed on the vehicle at different positions and configured to detect an object existing around the vehicle, respectively. If one of the detecting units detects the object, the one of the detecting units is referred to as specific detecting unit. An overlapping unit is configured to overlap an indicator represented in the form of a frame with the surrounding image. The indicator indicates the object and the specific detecting unit which has detected the object. A display unit is configured to display the surrounding image with which the indicator is overlapped.