MOVEMENT GUIDANCE DISPLAY SYSTEM, MOVEMENT GUIDANCE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20120253666A1
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: ADACHI, Kazuhide, KOYAMA, Ryoji
• Application Number:
  US13/435,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20120253666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/457
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3638 including 3D objects and buildings three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects G06T17/00; geographic models G06T17/05

Abstract

Movement guidance display systems, methods, and programs display a movable body that is located in a shielded space shielded by shielding members. The systems, methods, and programs display a vicinity image on a display device showing a vicinity environment outside the shielded space by translucently displaying the shielding members. The displayed vicinity image has a viewpoint from an inside of the shielded space. The systems, methods, and programs display shape determining objects superimposed on the shielding members in the vicinity image. The shape determining objects indicate a shape of the shielded space.

Claims

1. A movement guidance display system, comprising:

controller that, when a movable body is located in a shielded space shielded by shielding members;

displays on a display device a vicinity image showing a vicinity environment outside the shielded space by translucently displaying the shielding members, the displayed vicinity image having a viewpoint from an inside of the shielded space; and

displays shape determining objects superimposed on the shielding members in the vicinity image, the shape determining objects indicating a shape of the shielded space.

2. The movement guidance display system according to claim 1, wherein, when the movable body is located on a road inside a tunnel, the controller:

displays on the display device the vicinity image showing a vicinity environment outside the tunnel by translucently displaying walls of the tunnel, the walls of the tunnel being the shielding members, and the viewpoint being from the road inside the tunnel; and

displays the shape determining objects to indicate a cross-section shape of internal walls of the tunnel in a width direction of the road.

3. The movement guidance display system according to claim 1, wherein:

the shape determining objects are a shape of lighting fixtures.

4. The movement guidance display system according to claim 3, wherein:

the shape of the shape determining objects corresponds to an internal shape of the shielding members.

5. The movement guidance display system according to claim 1, wherein:

the shape determining objects are displayed at predetermined intervals along a moving direction of the movable body.

6. The movement guidance display system according to claim 5, wherein the controller:

acquires a moving speed of the movable body; and

when the moving speed of the movable body is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed, displays the shape determining objects at shorter predetermined intervals compared to a predetermined interval at which the shape determining objects are displayed when the moving speed of the movable body is less than the predetermined speed.

7. The movement guidance display system according to claim 6, wherein the controller:

acquires a designated highest speed for a road on which the movable body is located; and

sets the predetermined speed as the acquired designated highest speed.

8. The movement guidance display system according to claim 1, wherein the shape determining objects are a shape of curbs.

9. The movement guidance display system according to claim 1, wherein the controller:

when the shielding members overlap, displays the shielding members being located further with respect to the viewpoint at a lower transmittance.

10. The movement guidance display system according to claim 1, wherein the controller:

acquires facility information about a facility;

displays a facility exterior appearance image located within a display target area in the vicinity image, the facility exterior appearance image indicating an exterior shape of the facility, the facility exterior appearance image being displayed at a display position corresponding to a positional coordinate of the facility based on the acquired facility information;

identifies specific facilities; and

either does not display a facility exterior appearance image for any facilities other than the identified specific facilities, or displays a facility exterior appearance image showing facilities other than the specific facilities at a higher transmittance than a transmittance of facility exterior appearance images for the specific facilities.

11. A movement guidance display method, comprising:

when a movable body is located in a shielded space shielded by shielding members;

displaying on a display device a vicinity image showing a vicinity environment outside the shielded space by translucently displaying the shielding members, the displayed vicinity image having a viewpoint from an inside of the shielded space; and

displaying shape determining objects superimposed on the shielding members in the vicinity image, the shape determining objects indicating a shape of the shielded space.

12. The movement guidance display method according to claim 11, further comprising:

when the movable body is located on a road inside a tunnel;

displaying on the display device the vicinity image showing a vicinity environment outside the tunnel by translucently displaying walls of the tunnel, the walls of the tunnel being the shielding members, and the viewpoint being from the road inside the tunnel; and

displaying the shape determining objects to indicate a cross-section shape of internal walls of the tunnel in a width direction of the road.

13. The movement guidance display method according to claim 11, wherein:

the shape determining objects are a shape of lighting fixtures.

14. The movement guidance display method according to claim 13, wherein:

the shape of the shape determining objects corresponds to an internal shape of the shielding members.

15. The movement guidance display method according to claim 11, further comprising:

displaying the shape determining objects at predetermined intervals along a moving direction of the movable body.

16. The movement guidance display method according to claim 15, further comprising:

acquiring a moving speed of the movable body; and

when the moving speed of the movable body is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed, displaying the shape determining objects at shorter predetermined intervals compared to a predetermined interval at which the shape determining objects are displayed when the moving speed of the movable body is less than the predetermined speed.

17. The movement guidance display method according to claim 16, further comprising:

acquiring a designated highest speed for a road on which the movable body is located; and

setting the predetermined speed as the acquired designated highest speed.

18. The movement guidance display method according to claim 11, wherein the shape determining objects are a shape of curbs.

19. The movement guidance display method according to claim 11, further comprising:

when the shielding members overlap, displaying the shielding members being located further with respect to the viewpoint at a lower transmittance.

20. The movement guidance display method according to claim 11, further comprising:

acquiring facility information about a facility;

displaying a facility exterior appearance image located within a display target area in the vicinity image, the facility exterior appearance image indicating an exterior shape of the facility, the facility exterior appearance image being displayed at a display position corresponding to a positional coordinate of the facility based on the acquired facility information;

identifying specific facilities; and

either not displaying a facility exterior appearance image for any facilities other than the identified specific facilities, or displaying a facility exterior appearance image showing facilities other than the specific facilities at a higher transmittance than a transmittance of facility exterior appearance images for the specific facilities.

21. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable movement guidance display program, the program comprising:

instructions for, when a movable body is located in a shielded space shielded by shielding members;

displaying on a display device a vicinity image showing a vicinity environment outside the shielded space by translucently displaying the shielding members, the displayed vicinity image having a viewpoint from an inside of the shielded space; and

displaying shape determining objects superimposed on the shielding members in the vicinity image, the shape determining objects indicating a shape of the shielded space.