B60R2300/302

Overhead image generation device, overhead image generation method, and program
11498484 · 2022-11-15 · ·

An overhead image generation device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a peripheral image by capturing an image of a periphery of a vehicle; an approach information acquisition unit that acquires approach information indicating an approach state of an obstacle detected in the periphery of the vehicle to the vehicle; an overhead image generation unit that generates an overhead image A from the peripheral image by performing viewpoint conversion processing so as to look down on the vehicle from above in a vertical direction; an approach state image generation unit that generates an approach state image B showing an approach state of the obstacle to the vehicle for each position of the vehicle in the vertical direction, based on the approach information; and a display control unit that superimposes the overhead image A and the approach state image B and causes a display unit to display the superimposed image.

System and method for providing adaptive trust calibration in driving automation
11498591 · 2022-11-15 · ·

A system and method for providing adaptive trust calibration in driving automation that include receiving image data of a vehicle and vehicle automation data associated with automated of driving of the vehicle. The system and method also include analyzing the image data and vehicle automation data and determining an eye gaze direction of a driver of the vehicle and a driver reliance upon automation of the vehicle and processing a Markov decision process model based on the eye gaze direction and the driver reliance to model effects of human trust and workload on observable variables to determine a control policy to provide an optimal level of automation transparency. The system and method further include controlling autonomous transparency of at least one driving function of the vehicle based on the control policy.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
20230045772 · 2023-02-09 · ·

The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to reduce an amount of communication data that flows through an in-vehicle network and is necessary for automated driving.

An image sensor captures an image of the surroundings of an own automobile; and a recognition section performs object recognition processing of recognizing an object in the captured image, and outputs, to an automated driving controller, an object recognition processing result obtained by the object recognition processing. Further, speed information and distance information are associated with the object recognition processing result to be output as metadata, the speed information being information regarding a speed of an object in the surroundings of the own automobile and being obtained by a millimeter-wave radar, the distance information being information regarding a distance to the object in the surroundings of the own automobile and being obtained by LiDAR. The present disclosure is applicable to an in-vehicle system.

Image presentation for vehicles with multiple cameras

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a camera monitor system providing areas of importance to a driver, to a corresponding vehicle and to a method for operating such a camera monitor system comprising at least two separate cameras arranged to record camera views of the surrounding of the vehicle being different for each camera and at least one monitor with a monitor screen suitably arranged to provide the recorded camera views on the screen at least to the driver of the vehicle, wherein the provided camera views and/or an arrangement of the different recorded camera views on the monitor screen depend(s) on a status of the vehicle, wherein a control unit is adapted to observe the status of the vehicle and to alter the arrangement of the camera views provided on the screen in dependence on the observed status of the vehicle.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, and storage medium
11573574 · 2023-02-07 · ·

An information processing apparatus for determining control values for controlling a position of a vehicle for conveying a cargo includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information for identifying a three-dimensional shape of the cargo based on a captured first image of the cargo, and second information for identifying, based on a captured second image of an environment where the vehicle moves, a distance between an object in the environment and the vehicle, and a determination unit configured to, based on the first information and the second information, determine the control values for preventing the cargo and the object from coming closer than a predetermined distance.

CAMERA SYSTEM, VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20230097715 · 2023-03-30 ·

In a camera system, a captured image of a rear of a vehicle is acquired, an optical image having a high-resolution region and a low-resolution region is formed on an imaging unit, a first image is generated by cutting out a first region from an image region corresponding to the high-resolution region in an image read from the imaging unit, a second image is generated by cutting out a second region from an image region different from the first region, the first image and the second image are generated such that at least a portion of a lower end of the second region is positioned below a lower end of the first region, and at least a portion of an upper end of the second region is positioned below an upper end of the first region, and at least one of the first image and the second image is output for display.

System and method for adjusting an image for a vehicle mounted camera

A system and method provides an image that adjusts in response to at least one vehicle mounted sensor.

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY
20230035181 · 2023-02-02 ·

A control system for construction machinery includes an upper camera installed in a driver cabin of a rear vehicle body to photograph the front of the driver cabin, a lower camera installed in a front vehicle body rotatably connected to the rear vehicle body to photograph the front of the front vehicle body, an angle information detection portion configured to detect information on a refraction angle of the front vehicle body with respect to the rear vehicle body, an image processing device configured to synthesize first and second images captured from the upper and lower cameras, and configured to determine a position of a transparency processing area in the synthesized image according to the refraction angle information and transparency-process at least one of the first and second images in the transparency processing area, and a display device configured to display the synthesized image transparency-processed by the image processing device.

Mobile terminal and control method thereof
11615593 · 2023-03-28 · ·

Disclosed is a mobile terminal that provides an augmented reality navigation screen in a state of being hold in a vehicle, the mobile terminal including: at least one camera configured to obtain a front image; a display; and at least one processor configured to calibrate the front image, and to drive an augmented reality navigation application so that the augmented reality navigation screen including at least one augmented reality (AR) graphic object and the calibrated front image is displayed on the display.

Transportation receptacle for vehicles

Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices associated with the operation of a vehicle are provided. For example, a receptacle system can determine states of a receptacle of a vehicle. Further, the states of the receptacle can be associated with accommodation of objects by the receptacle. The receptacle system can receive object data that includes information associated with accommodation of the objects by the receptacle. The receptacle system can also determine operations associated with the receptacle based at least in part on the object data and the states of the receptacle. Furthermore, the receptacle system can generate control signals to perform the operations associated with the receptacle which can include transporting objects in the receptacle, charging objects in the receptacle, extending the receptacle, or retracting the receptacle.