VEHICLE CONTROL BASED ON COLORS REPRESENTATIVE OF NAVIGATION INFORMATION

• US 20150142251A1
• Filed: 11/21/2013
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Aldereguia, Alfredo, Hamilton, Jeffrey R., Kerr, Clifton E., Richter, Grace A.
• Application Number:
  US14/086,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20150142251A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/28
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0223 involving speed control of the vehicle vehicle fittings for automatically controlling, i.e. preventing speed from exceeding an arbitrarily established velocity or maintaining speed at a particular velocity, as selected by the vehicle operator B60K31/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0234 using optical markers or beacons optical beacons per se G01S1/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/56 relating to colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/582 of traffic signs

Abstract

Vehicle control based on colors representative of navigation information are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes receiving an image of an object surface having multiple colors thereon that are representative of data for use in navigating a vehicle along a pathway. Further, the method includes controlling the vehicle to operate to navigate the pathway based on the image.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an image of an object surface having a plurality of colors thereon that are representative of data for use in navigating a vehicle along a pathway; and

controlling the vehicle to operate to navigate the pathway based on the image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the image comprises capturing an image of the object surface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the image comprises using an image capture device to capture the image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data specifies one of a speed, a velocity, a distance, a turn angle, and a turn length.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data specifies an order for a sequence of turns for navigating the pathway.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the colors are varied along the object surface, and, wherein the color variance is indicative of information for navigating the pathway.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the color variance is indicative of a speed, a velocity, a distance, a turn angle, and a turn length.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the color variance is indicative of a change in one of a speed, a velocity, a distance, a turn angle, and a turn length.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a color is the same or similar on a portion of the object surface to indicate a consistent one of a speed, a velocity, a distance, a turn angle, and a turn length.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indicator of a start of the pathway;

determining the start of the pathway; and

in response to determining the start of the pathway, initiating the control of the vehicle to operate to navigate the pathway based on the image.

11. A method comprising:

using at least a processor and memory for;

receiving navigation information associated with a pathway; and

determining, based on the navigation information, a plurality of colors to present for image capture by a computing device for use in navigating a vehicle along the pathway.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining an arrangement of the colors for presentation to be representative of the navigation information.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the colors and the color arrangement specify one of a speed, a velocity, a distance, a turn angle, and a turn length for navigating the pathway.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the colors and the color arrangement specify an order for a sequence of turns for navigating the pathway.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising coloring an object surface with the plurality of colors.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein coloring the object surface comprises coloring the object surface with the plurality of colors in a predetermined arrangement for representing the navigation information.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the colors are varied on the object surface, and

wherein the color variance is indicative of information for navigating the pathway.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the colors are varied on the object surface, and

wherein the color variance is indicative of a speed, a velocity, a distance, a turn angle, and a turn length.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the colors are varied on the object surface, and

wherein the color variance is indicative of a change in one of a speed, a velocity, a distance, a turn angle, and a turn length.

20. A system comprising:

an image capture device configured to capture an image of an object surface having a plurality of colors thereon that are representative of data for use in navigating a vehicle along a pathway; and

a vehicle navigation manager comprising a memory and processor configured to control the vehicle to operate to navigate the pathway based on the captured image.