发明名称 Remote driving with a virtual reality system
摘要 A method and system for facilitating a user drive an automobile remotely in real-time through a virtual reality system is disclosed. The virtual reality environment may present real-time road conditions, weather condition, automobile information, and/or any other information regarding driving of the automobile in real time.
申请公布号 US9568995(B1) 申请公布日期 2017.02.14
申请号 US201514983620 申请日期 2015.12.30
申请人 THUNDER POWER HONG KONG LTD. 发明人 Lian Po-Han
分类号 G06F3/01;G06T19/00;G05D1/00 主分类号 G06F3/01
代理机构 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 代理人 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
主权项 1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating a user to remotely drive an automobile through a virtual reality system, the method comprising: receiving, by a server, from an automobile, a first geo-location of the automobile at a first time instance; based on the first geo-location received, rendering, by the server, a first view of a virtual reality environment reflecting a road the automobile travels in at the first time instance, wherein the rendering of the first view of the virtual reality environment includes: obtaining, from a scene file database, pre-rendered scene files corresponding to the first geo-location, the scene files representing an environment of the road at the first geo-location;obtaining, from a real-time database, condition information regarding one or more real-time conditions about the road at the first geo-location; andconstructing the first view of the virtual reality environment using the pre-rendered scene files and the condition information; transmitting the first view of the virtual reality environment to a display device associated with the user; receiving, by the server, a first control input from a first interactive control device associated with the user; based on the first control input, determining, by the server, a second view of the virtual reality environment; and rendering, by the server, one or more images representing the second view.
地址 Central HK