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US 12,179,590 B2Granted
Image output device
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsDukyung Jung, Kihyung Lee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an image output device mounted on a vehicle to implement augmented reality. One or more of an autonomous driving vehicle, a user terminal, and a server of the present invention can be linked to an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to 5G services, etc.
Claims20
An image output device provided in a vehicle to enable augmented reality, the device comprising:
- a communication unit comprising (i) a receiver configured to receive images from a camera installed at the vehicle and images captured from another vehicle and (ii) a transmitter configured to transmit image information to an image output unit that is provided at the vehicle and configured to output the image information,
- a controller configured to:
- control the receiver to receive, in real time, a forward image capturing an image in front of the vehicle,
- search for one or more lanes on which the vehicle is expected to travel in the forward image,
- generate image information including a carpet image or images indicating the searched one or more lanes in lane units, and
- control the transmitter to transmit the image information to the image output unit such that the image output unit outputs the image information, wherein the controller is further configured to:
- control the receiver to receive, in real time, an image captured from another vehicle present on a route on which the vehicle is expected to travel,
- control the transmitter to transmit the forward image and the image captured from the another vehicle to the image output unit such that the image output unit displays the forward image and the image captured from the another vehicle together,
- generate image information in which the carpet image indicating the route on which the vehicle is expected to travel is superimposed on the image captured from the another vehicle,
- generate image information in which the carpet image is superimposed on the forward image and the image captured from the another vehicle,
- control the transmitter to transmit the forward image, on which the carpet image is superimposed, together with the image captured from the another vehicle, on which the carpet image is superimposed, to the image output unit, and
- based on an image sharing request from a driver of the vehicle to share the image captured from the another vehicle, share a camera of the another vehicle by receiving the image captured from the camera of the another vehicle corresponding to the image sharing request.
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An image output device provided in a vehicle to enable augmented reality, the device comprising:
- an image output unit configured to output visual information for enabling the augmented reality;
- a communication unit configured to communicate with another vehicle and a server, and receive, in real time, a forward image capturing an image in front of the vehicle;
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- a controller configured to control the image output unit to search for one or more lanes on which the vehicle is expected to travel in the forward image, and to output a carpet image or images indicating the searched one or more lanes in lane units,
- wherein the controller controls the communication unit such that an image captured from another vehicle present on a route on which the vehicle is expected to travel is received in real time,
- wherein the controller is configured to, based on an image sharing request from a driver of the vehicle to share the image captured from the another vehicle, share a camera of the another vehicle by receiving the image captured from the camera of the another vehicle corresponding to the image sharing request,
- wherein the controller is configured to, based on receiving the image captured from the camera of the another vehicle, control the image output unit to display the forward image and the image captured from the another vehicle together,
- wherein the controller controls the image output unit such that the carpet image indicating the route on which the vehicle is expected to travel is superimposed on the image captured from the another vehicle is generated, p1 wherein the controller controls the image output unit to generate image information in which the carpet image is superimposed on the forward image and the image captured from the another vehicle, and
- wherein the controller outputs, to the image output unit, the forward image on which the carpet image is superimposed together with the image captured from the another vehicle on which the carpet image is superimposed.
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A method for controlling an image output device provided in a vehicle to enable augmented reality, the method comprising:
- receiving, in real time through a receiver of the image output device, a forward image capturing an image in front of the vehicle, the forward image being captured by a camera of the vehicle;
- searching for one or more lanes on which the vehicle is expected to travel in the forward image;
- receiving, in real time through the receiver, an image captured from another vehicle present on a route on which the vehicle is expected to travel;
- based on receiving the image captured from the another vehicle, outputting the forward image capturing the image in front of the vehicle and the image captured from the another vehicle together;
- generating image information including a carpet image or images indicating the searched one or more lanes in lane units using at least one of the forward image and the image captured from the another vehicle;
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- outputting the image information,
- wherein the image information includes (i) an image in which the carpet image indicating the route on which the vehicle is expected to travel is superimposed on the image captured from the another vehicle and (ii) an image in which the carpet image is superimposed on the forward image and the image captured from the another vehicle,
- wherein receiving the image captured from the another vehicle comprises:
- based on an image sharing request from a driver of the vehicle to share the image captured from the another vehicle, sharing a camera of the another vehicle by receiving the image captured from the camera of the another vehicle corresponding to the image sharing request, and
- receiving, through the receiver in real time, an image captured from the shared camera of the another vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.