Virtual Vehicle Automatic Driving via Map Marking
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Solution Overview
Problem
In virtual environments, particularly in first-person shooting games, controlling a virtual vehicle over long distances is challenging due to the complexity of driving controls, especially for novice users who need to manually operate and route the vehicle.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that allows users to switch a virtual vehicle to an automatic driving mode by marking a destination on a map display control within an automatic driving region, enabling the vehicle to autonomously drive to the set location, reducing the need for manual control and simplifying the operation process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual driving control is used in virtual environment, then user can control virtual vehicle, but operation difficulty increases due to large quantity of driving controls
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual vehicle performs self-navigation by automatically determining its own position, calculating the shortest path to the destination, and executing autonomous driving without requiring manual control inputs for steering, acceleration, or braking. The system serves itself by integrating positioning, path planning, and control functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the complex driving control functions from manual user operation and transfers them to an automated navigation system. The navigation module independently handles positioning, path calculation, and vehicle control, separating these functions from the user's manual control inputs.
2Ease of operation
If automatic driving mode is implemented, then user difficulty is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The navigation module is designed as a multi-functional integrated system that combines positioning (using location services), path planning (calculating shortest routes), and vehicle control (automated driving commands) into a single unified module. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate complex subsystems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a navigation module as an intermediary between the user's destination input and the vehicle's execution control. This intermediary layer handles the complex computations of position determination, path calculation, and automated navigation, shielding the user from system complexity while enabling automatic driving.
3Loss of time
If manual driving control is used, then user has full control, but time to reach destination increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating the shortest path from the current location to the destination using mapping data and location services. The navigation module determines the optimal route in advance and guides the virtual vehicle along this pre-planned path, eliminating the need for real-time manual navigation decisions and reducing travel time.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment, a terminal, and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying a driving picture and a map display control, the driving picture being a picture in which a virtual object drives a virtual vehicle in a virtual environment, and the virtual vehicle being in a manual driving mode; receiving a marking operation on the map display control in response to the virtual vehicle being located in an automatic driving region in the virtual environment, the marking operation being an operation of marking a location in the map display control; and switching the virtual vehicle to an automatic driving mode in response to the marking operation, and controlling the virtual vehicle to automatically drive to a destination.