Method and system for generating augmented reality with a display of a motor vehicle

US9517415B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Tobias Muench · Neuenbürg, DE
• Philipp Schmauderer · Hennef (Sieg), DE
• Christoph Benz · Ohlsbach, DE
• Andreas Koerner · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/69
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A method and system for generating augmented reality with a display of a vehicle is provided. The method comprises recording an image of an environment of the vehicle in the form of image data, determining a virtual space in three dimensions from the image data, and detecting a real object in the image data. The method further comprises determining a first coordinate range of the real object in the three dimensional virtual space, adding a virtual element to the three dimensional virtual space, and controlling the virtual element in the three dimensional virtual space based on a user input. The method further comprises outputting the environment and the controlled virtual element in combined form in an output image, modifying the output image when the first coordinate range of the real object and a second coordinate range of the controlled virtual element form an intersection area, and displaying the output image.