Method and apparatus for complementing an instrument panel by utilizing augmented reality
AssigneeNavteq B.V.
InventorMarko Tapio TUUKKANEN
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Abstract
An approach is provided for complementing various devices and/or instruments by utilizing augmented reality and providing an adaptive user interface to a user at a user device. A user device determines one or more information items associated with at least one instrument panel of at least one vehicle. Then the user device determines one or more representations of the one or more information items and causes, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more information items at the user device, wherein the user device may complement and/or may be substituted for the at least one instrument panel.
Claims20
A method comprising facilitating a processing of or processing (1) data, (2) information, or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data, (2) information, or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:
- at least one determination of one or more information items associated with an instrument panel of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes one or more cameras each providing real time images from around the vehicle;
- at least one determination of one or more representations of the one or more information items;
- and
- a presentation of the one or more information items at an electronic device that is distinct from the instrument panel,
- wherein the electronic device is connected to the one or more cameras of the vehicle,
- wherein the electronic device is positioned on a front of the instrument panel and substitutes for the instrument panel, and
- wherein the one or more information items are presented at the electronic device on top of one of the real time images.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
- determine one or more information items associated with an instrument panel of a vehicle;
- determine one or more representations of the one or more information items;
- and
- cause, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more information items at an electronic device that is distinct from the instrument panel,
- wherein the electronic device is connected to one or more cameras of the vehicle, each camera providing real time images from around the vehicle,
- wherein the electronic device is positioned on a front of the instrument panel and substitutes for the instrument panel, and
- wherein the one or more information items are presented at the electronic device on top of one of the real time images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.