VEHICLE SIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20200134135A1
• Filed: 09/02/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Inventors: SU, YANG-CHI
• Granted Patent: US 11,176,285 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2119/18 Manufacturability analysis or optimisation for manufacturability
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/15 Vehicle, aircraft or watercraft design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality

Abstract

A vehicle simulation device and method, the device includes a user interface, a database, and a processing device. The user interface includes a scenario selection interface, a vehicle signal display interface, and a motion image display interface. The database stores external motion images and motion image description files associated with the external motion images. The motion image description file includes a plurality of time stamps and a plurality of vehicle operating parameters corresponding to each time stamp. The processing device is configured to load a corresponding external motion image to be displayed on the motion image display interface when the user selects a vehicle operation scenario, output the vehicle operating parameters corresponding to the time stamp according to the current time and the motion image description file of the displayed external motion image, and display the vehicle operating parameters on the vehicle signal display interface.

Claims

1. A vehicle simulation device comprising:

a user interface, including;

a scenario selection interface having a plurality of vehicle operating scenario options for selection;

a vehicle signal display interface; and

a motion image display interface configured to display an external motion image corresponding to the selected vehicle operating scenario option;

a database configured to store the external motion image and a motion image description file associated with the external motion image, wherein the motion image description file includes a plurality of time stamps and a plurality of vehicle operating parameters corresponding to each time stamp; and

a processing device, communicatively connected to the user interface, and configured to, when one of the vehicle operating scenario options is selected, load the external motion image corresponding to the selected vehicle operating scenario option for displaying the external motion image on the motion image display interface, wherein the processing device is configured to output, according current time of the displayed external motion image and the motion image description file, the vehicle operating parameters of the time stamp corresponding to the current time to be displayed on the vehicle signal display interface.

2. The vehicle simulation device according to claim 1, wherein the user interface further comprises a vehicle model selection interface including a plurality of vehicle models provided for the user to select.

3. The vehicle simulation device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle operating parameters comprise at least one of engine temperature, ambient temperature, fuel tank percentage, lamp state, fuel consumption status, engine speed, total mileage, brake status, gear position, steering wheel status, dashboard, door status, remaining fuel capacity, and vehicle speed.

4. The device simulation device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle signal display interface further comprises a signal form display interface, the signal form display interface is configured to display a packet format of a vehicle body signal, and the vehicle body signal is transmitted to a controller area network signal processing device, and the packet format is able to be directly used by the controller area network signal processing device.

5. The device simulation device according to claim 1, wherein the user interface further comprises a time control interface configured to receive an operation input of the user and control a playing time of the external motion image according to the operation input of the user.

6. A vehicle simulation method for a vehicle simulation device, the vehicle simulation method comprising:

providing a vehicle signal display interface, a motion image display interface, and a scenario selection interface having a plurality of vehicle operation scenario options on a user interface;

receiving a first selection input from the scenario selection interface, wherein the first selection input corresponds to one of the vehicle operation scenario options;

loading an external motion image corresponding to the selected vehicle operating scenario option, wherein the external motion image is associated with a motion image description file, and the motion image description file includes a plurality of time stamps and a plurality of vehicle operating parameters corresponding to each time stamp;

displaying the external motion image on the motion image display interface;

outputting, according to current time of the displayed external motion image and the motion image description file, the vehicle operating parameters of the time stamp corresponding to the current time; and

displaying the vehicle operating parameters of the time stamp corresponding to the current time on the vehicle signal display interface.

7. The vehicle simulation method according to claim 6, wherein the user interface further comprises a vehicle model selection interface having a plurality of vehicle models, and the vehicle simulation method further comprising:

receiving a second selection input of the user from the vehicle model selection interface, wherein the second selection input corresponds to one of the vehicle models.

8. The vehicle simulation method according to claim 6, wherein the vehicle operating parameters include at least one of engine temperature, ambient temperature, fuel tank percentage, lamp state, fuel consumption status, engine speed, total mileage, brake status, gear position, steering wheel status, dashboard, door status, remaining fuel capacity, and vehicle speed.

9. The vehicle simulation method according to claim 6, wherein the vehicle signal display interface further includes a signal form display interface, and the simulation method further comprises:

displaying a packet format of a vehicle body signal on the display interface; and

transmitting the vehicle body signal to a controller area network signal processing device, the packet format being able to be directly used by the controller area network signal processing device.

10. The vehicle simulation method according to claim 6, wherein the user interface further comprises a time control interface, and the vehicle simulation method further comprising:

receiving an operation input of the user from the time control interface; and

controlling a playing time of the external motion image according to the operation input of the user.

11. The vehicle simulation method according to claim 6, further comprising storing the external motion image and the motion image description file associated with the external image in a database.