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US 10,679,406 · App. 16/391,884 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Display method and display device for providing surrounding information based on driving condition

Inventors: Tatsuya Koyama (Kyoto, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Toshiyasu Sugio (Osaka, JP); Tadamasa Toma (Osaka, JP); Satoshi Yoshikawa (Hyogo, JP); Toru Matsunobu (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
G06T17/05G01C21/36G01C21/3635G06T15/10G08G1/16G09B21/00H04N7/18B60R2300/605
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Patent No.
US 10,679,406
App. No.
16/391,884
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display method is a display method performed by a display device that operates in conjunction with a mobile object, and includes: determining which one of first surrounding information, which is video showing a surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using two-dimensional information, and second surrounding information, which is video showing the surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using three-dimensional data, is to be displayed, based on a driving condition of the mobile object; and displaying the one of the first surrounding information and the second surrounding information that is determined to be displayed.

Claims (24)

1. A display method performed by a display device that operates in conjunction with a mobile object, the display method comprising:

determining which one of first surrounding information and second surrounding information is to be displayed, based on a driving condition of the mobile object, the first surrounding information being information which indicates a surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using two-dimensional information, the second surrounding information being information which indicates the surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using three-dimensional data; and

displaying the one of the first surrounding information and the second surrounding information that is determined to be displayed, wherein

the driving condition is whether the mobile object is under autonomous travel or under manual driving, and

in the determining, the first surrounding information is determined to be displayed when the mobile object is under autonomous travel, and the second surrounding information is determined to be displayed when the mobile object is under manual driving.

2. The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the driving condition is an area in which the mobile object is located.

3. The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the three-dimensional data is data obtained by extracting, from three dimensional point cloud data, a point cloud having an amount of a feature greater than or equal to a threshold.

4. The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the three-dimensional data is data having a mesh structure generated from three-dimensional point cloud data.

5. The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the three-dimensional data is data obtained by extracting, from three-dimensional point cloud data, a point cloud which has an amount of a feature greater than or equal to a threshold and is necessary for one of self-location estimation, drive assist, and self-driving.

6. The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the three-dimensional data is three-dimensional point cloud data.

7. The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

in the displaying, the second surrounding information is displayed on a head-up display,

the display method further comprising:

adjusting a display position of the second surrounding information according to one of posture, physique, and eye position of a user aboard the mobile object.

8. A display device that operates in conjunction with a mobile object, the display device comprising:

a processor that determines which one of first surrounding information and second surrounding information is to be displayed, based on a driving condition of the mobile object, the first surrounding information being video which shows a surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using two-dimensional information, the second surrounding information being video which shows the surrounding condition of the mobile object and is generated using three-dimensional data; and

a display that displays the one of the first surrounding information and the second surrounding information that is determined to be displayed, wherein

the driving condition is whether the mobile object is under autonomous travel or under manual driving, and

the processor determines that the first surrounding information is to be displayed when the mobile object is under autonomous travel, and that the second surrounding information is to be displayed when the mobile object is under manual driving.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: KOYAMA, TATSUYA; NISHI, TAKAHIRO; SUGIO, TOSHIYASU; TOMA, TADAMASA; YOSHIKAWA, SATOSHI; MATSUNOBU, TORU
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 050672/0147 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTJP2017037929 · Oct 20, 2017
Provisional Application 62415645 · Nov 1, 2016
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