Virtual Environment Systems Using Real-Time Kinematic Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for representing vehicles in virtual environments lack dynamic accuracy and flexibility, relying on time-consuming validation and limited by mathematical approximations or insufficient historical data.
Innovation Solution
A system that generates a customizable virtual environment by using real-time kinematic data from prototype vehicles, allowing for realistic visualizations and dynamic updates of vehicle positions and views, with the ability to record and export mission scenarios from various angles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If computer simulations are used to represent vehicles in virtual environment, then the representation can be generated without real vehicle data, but the dynamic accuracy is reduced due to mathematical approximations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses real vehicle kinematic data to create accurate copies of vehicle behavior in the virtual environment. Instead of relying on mathematical models, the system directly copies actual vehicle motion data from controlled environments into the simulation, preserving dynamic accuracy while enabling virtual representation.
2Measurement precision
If traditional validation methods are used to improve simulation accuracy, then the dynamic accuracy increases, but the time and cost required increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary data collection in controlled environments where real vehicles operate under known conditions. By pre-capturing kinematic data from actual vehicle operations, the validation process is eliminated or greatly reduced, as the data is already verified against real-world behavior before being used in the virtual environment.
3Measurement precision
If historical data from real environments is used to create virtual environment, then the dynamic accuracy improves, but the flexibility and adaptability decrease due to data availability constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts the virtual environment by allowing real vehicles to operate in controlled environments under various conditions. The kinematic data collected reflects actual vehicle behavior across different scenarios, providing both accuracy and flexibility. The system can adjust and update the virtual environment based on ongoing data collection from real vehicle operations.
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AI summary
Representing vehicles in a customizable virtual environment is disclosed. One embodiment includes a controlled environment including prototype vehicles and a virtual environment including virtual representations of the prototype vehicles. The virtual environment is a display that includes an environment scenario, a number of virtual objects, and the various represented vehicles. The represented vehicles are linked to the prototype vehicles by communicating kinematic data from the prototype vehicles to the virtual vehicles real-time. The positions of the represented vehicles are updated based on the communicated kinematic data such that the virtual environment is a realistic visualization of the prototype vehicles. In addition, the virtual environment is highly customizable. In an embodiment, customizing the virtual environment includes generating reference views for the represented vehicles, editing the environment scenario, editing the virtual objects, editing the represented vehicles, and generating a mission scenario of the reference views.