Vehicle displaying augmented reality image of point of interest, and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11922692-B2
Application number	US-202217829710-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2022
Priority date	Aug 25, 2021
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

A vehicle and a control method may adjust an augmented reality (AR) image of a point of interest (POI) based on at least one of a driving speed of the vehicle or a distance between the vehicle and the POI. The vehicle may include: an image sensor configured to obtain a front image of the vehicle; a display module configured to display the front image; and a controller configured to control the display module to display an AR image of a POI included in the front image by being superimposed on the front image, and adjust the AR image so that at least one of an amount of information or a size is changed based on at least one of a driving speed of the vehicle or a distance between the vehicle and the POI.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
an image sensor configured to obtain a front image of the vehicle;
a display module configured to display the front image; and
a controller configured to:
control the display module to display an augmented reality (AR) image of a point of interest (POI) included in the front image by being superimposed on the front image, and
adjust the AR image so that at least one of an amount of information of the AR image or a size of the AR image is changed based on at least one of a driving speed of the vehicle or a distance between the vehicle and the POI;
to adjust the AR image to be displayed in one of a first size or a second size or a third size, based on a predetermined speed and a predetermined distance; and
adjust the AR image to be displayed in the second size, when the distance between the vehicle and the POI is less than or equal to the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds the predetermined speed or the distance between the vehicle and the POI exceeds the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle is less than or equal to the predetermined speed.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the AR image so that the amount of information of the AR image and the size of the AR image increase, as the driving speed of the vehicle decreases.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the AR image so that the amount of information of the AR image and the size of the AR image increase, as the distance between the vehicle and the POI decreases.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the AR image to be displayed in one of the first size or second size when the distance between the vehicle and the POI exceeds the predetermined distance.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the AR image to include information about a business type only, when the distance between the vehicle and the POI exceeds the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds the predetermined speed.

6. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the AR image to include information about at least one of a business type, a business, or a remaining distance, when the distance between the vehicle and the POI exceeds the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle is less than or equal to the predetermined speed.

7. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the AR image to be displayed in one of the third size or the second size when the distance between the vehicle and the POI is less than or equal to the predetermined distance.

8. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the AR image to include information about a business type, a business, and a remaining distance, when the distance between the vehicle and the POI is less than or equal to the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds the predetermined speed.

9. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the AR image to include information about a business type, a business, a remaining distance, a price and use, when the distance between the vehicle and the POI is less than or equal to the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds the predetermined speed.

10. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the AR image so that a transparency of the AR image is changed based on the distance between the vehicle and the POI.

11. A control method of a vehicle comprising an image sensor configured to obtain a front image of the vehicle and a display module configured to display the front image, the control method comprising:
controlling, by a controller, the display module to display an AR image of a POI included in the front image by being superimposed on the front image; and
adjusting, by the controller, the AR image so that at least one of an amount of information of the AR image or a size of the AR image is changed based on at least one of a driving speed of the vehicle or a distance between the vehicle and the POI;
wherein adjusting the AR image comprises:
adjusting the AR image to be displayed in one of a first size or a second size or a third size, based on a predetermined speed and a predetermined distance; and
adjusting the AR image to be displayed in the third size, when distance between the vehicle and the POI is less than or equal to the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds the predetermined speed or the distance between the vehicle and the POI exceeds the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle is less than or equal to the predetermined speed.

12. The control method of claim 11 , wherein adjusting the AR image comprises adjusting the AR image so that the amount of information of the AR image and the size of the AR image increase, as the driving speed of the vehicle decreases.

13. The control method of claim 11 , wherein adjusting the AR image comprises adjusting the AR image so that the amount of information of the AR image and the size of the AR image increase, as the distance between the vehicle and the POI decreases.

14. The control method of claim 13 , wherein adjusting the AR image comprises adjusting the AR image to be displayed in one of the third size or the second size when the distance between the vehicle and the POI exceeds the predetermined distance.

15. The control method of claim 14 , wherein adjusting the AR image comprises adjusting the AR image to include information about a business type only, when the distance between the vehicle and the POI exceeds the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds the predetermined speed.

16. The control method of claim 14 , wherein adjusting the AR image comprises adjusting the AR image to include information about at least one of a business type, a business, or a remaining distance, when the distance between the vehicle and the POI exceeds the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle is less than or equal to the predetermined speed.

17. The control method of claim 13 , wherein adjusting the AR image comprises adjusting the AR image to be displayed in one of the third size or the second size a when the distance between the vehicle and the POI is less than or equal to the predetermined distance.

18. The control method of claim 17 , wherein adjusting the AR image comprises adjusting the AR image to include information about a business type, a business, and a remaining distance, when the distance between the vehicle and the POI is less than or equal to the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds the predetermined speed.

19. The control method of claim 17 , wherein adjusting the AR image comprises adjusting the AR image to include information about a business type, a business, a remaining distance, a price and use, when the distance between the vehicle and the POI is less than or equal to the predetermined distance and the driving speed of the vehicle exceeds the predetermined speed.

20. The control method of claim 11 , further comprising;
adjusting the AR image so that a transparency of the AR image is changed based on the distance between the vehicle and the POI.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Kim Soobin
• Woo Jae Yul
• Woo Seunghyun
• An Rowoon

Classifications

• G06V20/20 Primary

  in augmented reality scenes · CPC title

• G06V20/56 Primary

  exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle · CPC title

• B60W50/14 Primary

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title

• B60W40/02

  related to ambient conditions · CPC title

• B60W40/105

  Speed · CPC title