US 11,938,819 B2
Evaluation of a simulated vehicle-related feature
Casper Wickman, Öckerö (SE); Mattias Wikenmalm, Torslanda (SE); Timotei Ghiurau, Gothenburg (SE); and Jon Seneger, Boulder Creek, CA (US)
Assigned to Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,726.
Application 17/574,726 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/672,756, filed on Nov. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,257,390.
Claims priority of application No. 18210988 (EP), filed on Dec. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134881 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09B 9/05 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); B60K 2370/149 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1529 (2019.05); B60K 2370/31 (2019.05); G02B 2027/0181 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A method performed by a vehicle feature evaluation system for enabling evaluation of a simulated vehicle-related feature, the method comprising:
determining in relation to a road-driven vehicle, with support from a tracking system, an orientation of a head mounted display, HMD, adapted to be worn by an occupant on-board the road-driven vehicle or a position and gaze direction of the occupant on-board the road-driven vehicle;
determining a simulated vehicle design feature to be evaluated in the road-driven vehicle; and
providing in real-time to a HMD display of the HMD or another display visible to the occupant, taking into consideration the HMD orientation or the position and gaze direction, a virtual representation of the simulated vehicle design feature superimposed on a real-time surrounding-showing image derived from real-world perception sensor data captured with support from one or more vehicle-attached perception sensors adapted to capture surroundings internal or external to the road-driven vehicle, wherein the virtual representation of the simulated vehicle design feature replaces an excluded portion of the real-time surrounding-showing image, and wherein the virtual representation of the simulated vehicle design feature and the replaced excluded portion of the real-time surrounding-showing image are varied based on the HMD orientation or the position and gaze direction.