Vehicle Prototype VR System with Sensor Fusion Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle design and review systems face challenges in accurately matching the positioning of physical and digital models, leading to suboptimal user experience and validation of vehicle prototypes.
Innovation Solution
A system incorporating adjustable physical devices, a virtual or augmented reality headset, object detection sensors, and an electronic control system for precise synchronization of physical and digital components, using sensor fusion to correct positioning errors and ensure accurate alignment of virtual and physical mock-ups.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a virtual or augmented reality headset is used to display virtual components corresponding to physical hardware components, then the user experience is improved and the need for full-scale mock-ups is reduced, but the accuracy in matching the positioning of physical and digital models deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs object detection sensors to continuously monitor the positions of physical hardware components and provides feedback to the control system. This feedback loop enables real-time adjustment and synchronization of virtual component positions with their physical counterparts, resolving the positioning accuracy issue while maintaining the improved user experience from using VR/AR technology
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical measurement and alignment systems with electronic sensing and computational methods. Object detection sensors and sensor fusion algorithms substitute for manual positioning and mechanical alignment, enabling automatic synchronization between physical and virtual models while improving both accuracy and user experience
2Measurement precision
If sensor data fusion processing is implemented to determine positions of objects relative to the headset, then the positioning accuracy is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system performs multiple functions through a single integrated platform: it manages actuator control, processes sensor data from multiple sources, performs sensor fusion calculations, and coordinates virtual component positioning. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated systems for each function, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while achieving improved positioning accuracy
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AI summary
In a system (100) for the design, review and/or presentation of prototype solutions for vehicles are provided a plurality of hardware components of a vehicle's interior that are movable and/or adjustable to different positions via a plurality of respective actuators. A virtual or augmented reality headset (402) is configured to display to a user a virtual representation of a plurality of virtual components corresponding to the hardware components. A plurality of object detection sensors is configured to detect the position of one or more objects, the one or more objects including the headset (402) and/or the hands of the user. An electronic control system includes a driver unit, a control unit and a processing unit. The driver unit is coupled to the actuators to provide actuation commands thereto and/or receive position data therefrom, and is coupled to the plurality of object detection sensors to receive data indicative of the position of the one or more objects. The driver unit is configured to carry out sensor data fusion processing on the data indicative of the position of the one or more objects to determine the positions of the one or more objects relative to the headset (402). The control unit is coupled to the driver unit to send commands thereto and to receive feedback status and position data therefrom. The processing unit is configured to receive from the driver unit the positions of the one or more objects relative to the headset (402) and produce the virtual representation displayed by the headset as a function thereof.