Interactive access to vehicle information
First Claim
1. A method, using a computerized communication device having a processor, processor readable electronic storage media and a graphical display interface, for on-demand rendering and displaying, via the graphical display interface, information corresponding to a component of a vehicle as an overlay in an image including both the component and the corresponding information, the method comprising:
- acquiring, using an image capture device, a current view image corresponding to a current view of a portion of the vehicle collected by the image capture device;
identifying the component of the vehicle depicted within the current view image;
requesting, using identification information resulting from identifying the component, the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle;
receiving, in response to the requesting, the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle;
rendering, using the information corresponding to the component, a combined image including both the current view image and an overlay image element corresponding to the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle; and
displaying, via the graphical display interface, the combined image.
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Abstract
Implementations of the present invention contemplate utilizing the communicative connections between a telematics service provider (TSP), a communication device, and a telematics unit in a vehicle to interactively provide information pertaining to various components of a vehicle. Implementations contemplate that an image capture device is communicatively connected to the telematics unit in a vehicle and an operations control center of the TSP. Image data pertaining to an image captured by the image capture device is analyzed and vehicle components included in the image are identified. Once vehicle components in the image have been identified, information pertaining to the identified components is presented as an overlay of the originally captured image.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, using a computerized communication device having a processor, processor readable electronic storage media and a graphical display interface, for on-demand rendering and displaying, via the graphical display interface, information corresponding to a component of a vehicle as an overlay in an image including both the component and the corresponding information, the method comprising:
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acquiring, using an image capture device, a current view image corresponding to a current view of a portion of the vehicle collected by the image capture device; identifying the component of the vehicle depicted within the current view image; requesting, using identification information resulting from identifying the component, the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle; receiving, in response to the requesting, the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle; rendering, using the information corresponding to the component, a combined image including both the current view image and an overlay image element corresponding to the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle; and displaying, via the graphical display interface, the combined image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computerized communication device having a processor, processor readable electronic storage media and a graphical display interface, the electronic storage media having stored thereon instructions providing for performing a method on-demand rendering and displaying, via the graphical display interface, information corresponding to a component of a vehicle as an overlay in an image including both the component and the corresponding information, the method comprising:
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acquiring, using an image capture device, a current view image corresponding to a current view of a portion of the vehicle collected by the image capture device; identifying the component of the vehicle depicted within the current view image; requesting, using identification information resulting from identifying the component, the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle; receiving, in response to the requesting, the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle; rendering, using the information corresponding to the component, a combined image including both the current view image and an overlay image element corresponding to the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle; and displaying, via the graphical display interface, the combined image. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for providing information about a component of a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a computerized communication device having, a processor, processor readable electronic storage media and a graphical display interface, the electronic storage media having stored thereon instructions providing performing a method on-demand rendering and displaying, via the graphical display interface, information corresponding to a component of a vehicle as an overlay in an image including both the component and the corresponding information, the method comprising; acquiring image data corresponding to an image of a portion of the vehicle collected by an image capture device, identifying the component of the vehicle in the collected image, requesting information corresponding to the component of the vehicle identified in the collected image, receiving information corresponding to the component of the vehicle identified in the collected image, and providing for display image data corresponding to the image collected by the image capture device and an overlay including the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle identified in the collected image; acquiring, using an image capture device, a current view image corresponding to a current view of a portion of the vehicle collected the image capture device; identifying the component of the vehicle depicted within the current view image; requesting, using identification information resulting from identifying the component, the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle; receiving, in response to the requesting, the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle; rendering, using the information corresponding to the component, a combined image including both the current view image and overlay image elements corresponding to the information corresponding to the component of the vehicle; and displaying, via the graphical display interface, the combined image; a telematics unit of the vehicle having a processor and processor readable electronic storage media having stored thereon instructions providing for; receiving a request for information corresponding to the component of the vehicle identified in the current view image, and providing diagnostics information pertaining to a current condition of the component of the vehicle; a server having a processor and processor readable electronic storage media having stored thereon instructions providing for; receiving a request for information corresponding to the component of the vehicle identified in the current view image, and providing information comprising instructions for using the component of the vehicle.
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