IP Library Patent Application 18163739
Patent Application
App. No. 18/163,739

NAVIGATION SIMULATOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

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18/163,739
Abstract

A navigation simulator includes a memory in which a computer program is stored and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs processing by executing the computer program. The processing includes acquiring, from an external device, a test scenario including a simulator built-in sensor signal. The simulator built-in sensor signal represents motion information detected by a simulator built-in sensor when a vehicle drives on a preset driving route. The simulator built-in sensor is installed in the navigation simulator. The processing includes generating an emulated sensor signal obtained by emulating a car navigator built-in sensor signal on the basis of the simulator built-in sensor signal included in the test scenario. The car navigator built-in sensor signal represents motion information detected by a car navigator built-in sensor installed in a car navigation system. The processing includes outputting the generated emulated sensor signal to the car navigation system.

Claims (40)

1 . A navigation simulator comprising:

a memory in which a computer program is stored; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform processing by executing the computer program, the processing including:

acquiring, from an external device, a test scenario including a simulator built-in sensor signal, the simulator built-in sensor signal representing motion information detected by a simulator built-in sensor when a vehicle drives on a preset driving route, the simulator built-in sensor being installed in the navigation simulator;

generating an emulated sensor signal obtained by emulating a car navigator built-in sensor signal on the basis of the simulator built-in sensor signal included in the test scenario, the car navigator built-in sensor signal representing motion information detected by a car navigator built-in sensor installed in a car navigation system; and

outputting the generated emulated sensor signal to the car navigation system.

2 . The navigation simulator according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing further includes storing, in a storage medium, a driving log file including the simulator built-in sensor signal, and

the simulator built-in sensor signal represents, by a dimensionless quantity, the motion information detected by the simulator built-in sensor.

3 . The navigation simulator according to claim 2 , wherein the test scenario includes: the simulator built-in sensor signal included in the driving log file, or a virtual sensor signal output from the simulator built-in sensor when the vehicle virtually drives on the preset driving route.

4 . The navigation simulator according to claim 3 , wherein the emulated sensor signal is a signal obtained by converting the simulator built-in sensor signal or the virtual sensor signal into a signal with a format of a car navigator built-in sensor signal output by the car navigator built-in sensor.

5 . The navigation simulator according to claim 2 , wherein the processing includes acquiring the test scenario including the simulator built-in sensor signal representing, by a physical quantity, the simulator built-in sensor signal stored in the storage medium.

6 . The navigation simulator according to claim 1 , further comprising a register to which a same memory address as the car navigator built-in sensor is assigned, the register being configured to hold the emulated sensor signal, wherein

the processing further includes reading the emulated sensor signal corresponding to a sensor signal from the register in response to a request for the sensor signal from the car navigation system.

7 . The navigation simulator according to claim 1 , wherein the motion information includes information indicating angular velocity and acceleration of the vehicle.

8 . An information processing device comprising:

a memory in which a computer program is stored; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform processing by executing the computer program, the processing including:

generating a virtual driving scenario including a virtual sensor signal, the virtual sensor signal representing motion information detected by a simulator built-in sensor when a vehicle virtually drives on a preset driving route, the simulator built-in sensor being installed in a navigation simulator;

acquiring a driving log file including a simulator built-in sensor signal, the simulator built-in sensor signal representing motion information detected by the simulator built-in sensor when the vehicle drives on the driving route;

executing a test scenario including the virtual sensor signal included in the virtual driving scenario or the simulator built-in sensor signal included in the driving log file; and

outputting the test scenario to the navigation simulator.

9 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the processing includes:

converting the simulator built-in sensor signal included in the driving log file into a sensor signal represented by a physical quantity;

generating the virtual driving scenario including the virtual sensor signal represented by a physical quantity;

multiplying, by a transformation rotation matrix, the virtual sensor signal included in the virtual driving scenario or the simulator built-in sensor signal included in the driving log file, the transformation rotation matrix corresponding to an attachment angle of a car navigator built-in sensor installed in a car navigation system;

multiplying, by a transformation formula, the simulator built-in sensor signal or the virtual sensor signal having been multiplied by the transformation rotation matrix, the transformation formula corresponding to a sensitivity coefficient of the car navigator built-in sensor; and

executing the test scenario including the simulator built-in sensor signal or the virtual sensor signal having been multiplied by the transformation formula.

10 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the processing includes:

generating a driving route on which the vehicle is caused to virtually drive by a dedicated map application; and

generating the virtual driving scenario on the basis of the generated driving route.

11 . The information processing device according to claim 10 , wherein the processing includes:

acquiring, by using the map application, latitude and longitude of a driving route on which operation verification of the car navigation system is to be performed;

generating the driving route by authoring on the basis of the latitude and longitude; and

generating, by physical computation, the virtual driving scenario including a sensor signal obtained in a case where the vehicle model is caused to drive on the generated driving route.

12 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the motion information includes angular velocity and acceleration of the vehicle.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which programmed instructions are recorded, the instructions causing a computer to execute processing, the processing comprising:

acquiring, from an external device, a test scenario including a simulator built-in sensor signal, the simulator built-in sensor signal representing motion information detected by a simulator built-in sensor when a vehicle drives on a preset driving route, the simulator built-in sensor being installed in the navigation simulator;

generating an emulated sensor signal obtained by emulating a car navigator built-in sensor signal on the basis of the simulator built-in sensor signal included in the test scenario, the car navigator built-in sensor signal representing motion information detected by a car navigator built-in sensor installed in a car navigation system; and

outputting the generated emulated sensor signal to the car navigation system.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0752 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2023
From: HASEGAWA, YU; FURUYA, ICHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064380/0834 →