VEHICLE RISKY SITUATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A vehicle risky situation reproducing apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit mounted on an actually traveling vehicle to shoot an image in a traveling direction of the vehicle;
an image display unit disposed to interrupt a direct visual field of a driver of the vehicle to display the image shot by the imaging unit;
a vehicle position and attitude calculation unit that calculates a present position and a traveling direction of the vehicle;
a driving action detector that detects a driving action of the driver while driving the vehicle;
a scenario generator that generates a risky situation indication scenario including a content, a position and a timing of a risky situation occurring while the driver drives the vehicle based on a detection result of the driving action detector and a calculation result of the vehicle position and attitude calculation unit;
a virtual information generator that generates visual virtual information representing the risky situation based on the risky situation indication scenario;
an actual information controller that controls a motion of actual information in an actual environment in which the vehicle travels based on the risky situation indication scenario; and
a superimposing unit that superimpose the virtual information on a predetermined position in the image shot by the imaging unit.
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Abstract
A risky situation is reproduced in a direct visual field of a driver driving a vehicle with a high sense of reality. A vehicle position and attitude calculation unit calculates a present position and a traveling direction of the vehicle, a driving action detector detects an action performed by the driver driving the vehicle and the condition of the vehicle, a scenario generator generates a content, position, and timing of the risky situation occurring while the driver drives the vehicle, a virtual information generator generates visual virtual information indicating the risky situation, and a superimposing unit superimposes the generated virtual information on the image of the traveling direction of the vehicle shot by an imaging unit Then, an image display unit indicates the image on which the virtual information is superimposed in the direct visual field of the driver.
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6 Claims
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1. A vehicle risky situation reproducing apparatus comprising:
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an imaging unit mounted on an actually traveling vehicle to shoot an image in a traveling direction of the vehicle; an image display unit disposed to interrupt a direct visual field of a driver of the vehicle to display the image shot by the imaging unit; a vehicle position and attitude calculation unit that calculates a present position and a traveling direction of the vehicle; a driving action detector that detects a driving action of the driver while driving the vehicle; a scenario generator that generates a risky situation indication scenario including a content, a position and a timing of a risky situation occurring while the driver drives the vehicle based on a detection result of the driving action detector and a calculation result of the vehicle position and attitude calculation unit; a virtual information generator that generates visual virtual information representing the risky situation based on the risky situation indication scenario; an actual information controller that controls a motion of actual information in an actual environment in which the vehicle travels based on the risky situation indication scenario; and a superimposing unit that superimpose the virtual information on a predetermined position in the image shot by the imaging unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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