Vehicle Central Control Panel Remote Operation via Image Recognition

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Solution Overview

Problem

The use of central control components by vehicle drivers during driving causes distraction, affecting driving safety, and existing solutions like voice interaction or paired applications have limitations in functionality and versatility.

Innovation Solution

A method using a user terminal to acquire and identify control components on a vehicle's central control panel through image recognition, enabling operation information transmission to control the system remotely, allowing occupants to control the central control system from a distance without requiring driver interaction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the driver operates the central control panel using control components during driving, then the central control system can be controlled, but driving safety is affected due to distraction

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol operationVSAvoiddriving safety
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an image recognition system as an intermediary between the user and the central control panel. The system captures images of the control panel, identifies control components through image processing, and translates user gestures or selections into control signals, eliminating the need for direct physical interaction with the panel during driving

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical interaction system (physical buttons and touchscreens requiring direct contact) with an optical recognition system that uses image capture and processing to identify and control components remotely, substituting mechanical operations with optical-digital operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Adaptability or versatility

If control components are installed in fixed positions on the central control panel, then the system structure is simple, but flexibility and convenience for passengers are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol flexibilityVSAvoidsystem structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal control interface that can serve multiple users (drivers and passengers) and multiple control components through a single image recognition system. The system can identify any control component on the panel regardless of its position, making the control system adaptable to different user needs and panel layouts without requiring separate control mechanisms for each component

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

3Ease of operation

If physical contact with control components is required, then control precision is high, but users seated remotely cannot operate the system conveniently

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveremote control convenienceVSAvoidcontrol component identification accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a digital copy or representation of the physical control panel through image capture. This visual copy allows users to identify and select control components remotely with the same precision as physical contact would provide, while eliminating the need for physical proximity or contact. The image serves as an intermediary representation that preserves the spatial and functional relationships of the original panel

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20250329172A1Method for controlling central control system of vehicle, device, vehicle and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.10.23 CARIAD (CHINA) CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a central control system of a vehicle, a control method applied to a central control system of a vehicle, a computer device, a vehicle, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product, relating to the technical field of central control of a vehicle. The method for controlling a central control system of a vehicle comprises: acquiring an image comprising a central control panel of the central control system of the vehicle; identifying at least one control component on the central control panel in the image; determining, in response to detection of a first interaction operation for a first target control component among the at least one control component in the image, operation information associated with the first target control component; and transmitting the operation information to the central control system of the vehicle, so as to enable the central control system of the vehicle to determine a control instruction to be executed on the basis of the operation information.