DE102020100781A1 - Method for providing and exchanging extended representations, in particular of modified vehicle avatars, computer-readable storage medium and system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to methods for providing and exchanging expanded representations, in particular of modified vehicle avatars. A first modified vehicle avatar (110) is generated based on a combination of the first vehicle avatar with the selection of at least one virtual object (300). The transmission (70) of at least the first modified vehicle avatar (110) to a second vehicle (200) takes place as a function of the local position of the first vehicle (100) and the second vehicle (200). The invention also relates to a computer-readable storage medium and a system for carrying out a method according to the invention.

Description

The invention relates to a method for providing and exchanging expanded representations, in particular of modified vehicle avatars. The invention also relates to a computer-readable storage medium and a system for carrying out a method according to the invention.

Digital representations of objects such as avatars of people, vehicles or the like can be supplemented and upgraded by so-called augmented reality. Representations supplemented in this way, for example in the context of video telephony, thus enable the representations of the call participants or the respective avatars of the call participants to be modified.

However, common real-time applications such as video telephony are based on using a direct communication link between the participants. The supplementary representations are additional objects that have been added, based on the video recording of the call participant transmitted via video telephony, for example.

The invention is based on the object of specifying a method which enables the modification or individualization and upgrading of one's own vehicle or vehicle design and its replacement with other vehicles in a simple, integrated and reliable manner, in particular among vehicles encountered in daily traffic . Furthermore, a computer-readable storage medium and a system for implementing the method are to be specified.

These objects are achieved with regard to the method by the subject matter of claim 1, with regard to the computer-readable storage medium by the subject matter of claim 6 and with regard to the system by the subject matter of claim 7. Preferred embodiments are specified in the dependent claims.

• - Bereitstellen eines ersten Fahrzeugavatars eines ersten Fahrzeuges und einer Mehrzahl von virtuellen Objekten, insbesondere in Form von Design-Elementen zur Modifikation des ersten Fahrzeugavatars des ersten Fahrzeuges,
• - Empfangen einer Auswahl mindestens eines ersten virtuellen Objekts für den ersten Fahrzeugavatar des ersten Fahrzeuges,
• - Erzeugen eines ersten modifizierten Fahrzeugavatars anhand einer Kombination des ersten Fahrzeugavatars mit der Auswahl des mindestens einen virtuellen Objekts,
• - Identifizieren eines weiteren Fahrzeuges als zweites Fahrzeug, wenigstens den Schritt aufweisend:
  • o Bestimmen der örtlichen bzw. räumlichen Position des ersten Fahrzeuges und Bestimmen der örtlichen bzw. der räumlichen Position des zweiten Fahrzeuges,
• - Übersenden wenigstens des ersten modifizierten Fahrzeugavatars an das zweite Fahrzeug in Abhängigkeit von der örtlichen bzw. räumlichen Position des ersten Fahrzeuges und des zweiten Fahrzeuges.

According to the invention, a method for providing and exchanging extended vehicle representations, in particular modified vehicle avatars, is provided, comprising the following steps:

• - Provision of a first vehicle avatar of a first vehicle and a plurality of virtual objects, in particular in the form of design elements for modifying the first vehicle avatar of the first vehicle,
• - Receiving a selection of at least one first virtual object for the first vehicle avatar of the first vehicle,
• - Generating a first modified vehicle avatar based on a combination of the first vehicle avatar with the selection of the at least one virtual object,
• - Identifying a further vehicle as a second vehicle, having at least the step:
  • o determining the local or spatial position of the first vehicle and determining the local or spatial position of the second vehicle,
• - Sending at least the first modified vehicle avatar to the second vehicle as a function of the local or spatial position of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

The method according to the invention is based on the idea that an avatar of a first vehicle can be partially or entirely modified by adding, for example, a virtual object to the associated vehicle avatar to supplement the appearance of the vehicle. In addition, modified vehicle avatars can be forwarded or distributed on the basis of geo-referenced vehicle data.

The modified vehicle avatar can then be passed on or transmitted to a second vehicle as a function of the location. In particular, it is thus possible to exchange modified vehicle avatars with one another in vehicles encountering each other on the road, either directly or via back-end communication.

In the context of the present invention, object-related display attributes that are coupled to the current location of an object can be provided and presented in the form of augmented or supplemented displays, for example on a vehicle display or some other display unit.

A second vehicle is preferably to be understood as meaning, in particular, a vehicle which, in relation to the first vehicle, has a local position that enables or permits the transmission of the at least one first modified vehicle avatar. In this way, the method according to the invention is based on a geo-referenced retransmission of modified vehicle avatars.

In the context of the invention, a vehicle can preferably be understood as a means of locomotion, such as a motor vehicle, a truck, a bicycle, a pedal or electric scooter, a rail vehicle, a boat or the like.

In particular, it can be provided that the first and second vehicle are provided within the scope of the method according to the invention as participants in a community or a program that allows the acquisition, exchange and forwarding of virtual objects to upgrade one's own vehicle avatar. Such a community can also be configured to enable spare parts or the like to be ordered for the first or second vehicle. The community or the program can thus be designed in the sense of an app store or the like.

Provision can be made for the spatial position or the spatial position of the first and second vehicles to be transmitted to a server within the framework of such a community program or such a community or to be shared directly between the vehicles.

• - von einem Server zu dem zweiten Fahrzeug oder
• - von dem ersten Fahrzeug zu dem zweiten Fahrzeug ausgeführt wird.

According to a preferred embodiment, it is provided that the sending of the first modified vehicle avatar to the second vehicle as a push method

• - from a server to the second vehicle or
• - is carried out from the first vehicle to the second vehicle.

The first modified vehicle avatar can preferably be transmitted directly to the second vehicle, in particular as a function of the respective local position of the vehicles. Thus, when the first and second vehicle drive past each other, the first modified vehicle avatar can be transmitted to the second vehicle.

The communication between the first and second vehicle can also be provided via a backend communication.

A flexible and direct exchange of vehicle avatars, in particular among participating vehicles in a community or the like, and on the basis of the respective geo-positions or geo-referenced positions of the participating vehicles, can be provided.

• - Bestimmen eines räumlichen Abstandes zwischen dem ersten Fahrzeug und dem zweiten Fahrzeug auf Basis der bestimmten örtlichen Positionen des ersten und zweiten Fahrzeuges zueinander.

According to a further embodiment, the method, in particular the identification of the second vehicle, has the further step:

• - Determination of a spatial distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle on the basis of the determined local positions of the first and second vehicles to one another.

The distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle can thus be determined as the basis for transmitting the first modified vehicle avatar.

• - Übersenden des ersten modifizierten Fahrzeugavatars an das zweite Fahrzeug, wenn sich die örtliche Position des ersten Fahrzeuges und die örtliche Position des zweiten Fahrzeugs in einem vordefinierbaren Umkreis zueinander befinden, insbesondere in einem räumlichen Abstand von weniger als 1 km, besonders bevorzugt in einem Umkreis um das erste Fahrzeug von weniger als 500 m, 250 m, 100 m, 50 m, 25 m oder 10 m befinden, und/oder
• - Identifizieren eines nächsten Fahrzeuges als zweites Fahrzeug.

In a further embodiment, the method, in particular the identification of the second vehicle, has the further step:

• - Sending the first modified vehicle avatar to the second vehicle when the local position of the first vehicle and the local position of the second vehicle are within a predefinable radius of one another, in particular within a spatial distance of less than 1 km, particularly preferably within a radius of around the first vehicle is less than 500 m, 250 m, 100 m, 50 m, 25 m or 10 m, and / or
• - Identifying a next vehicle as a second vehicle.

The first modified vehicle avatar is only sent when the first and second vehicles are within a predeterminable distance from one another. The exchange of modified vehicle avatars is therefore dependent on the respective local position of the vehicles. Vehicles driving past each other can be transmitted the modified vehicle avatar of the oncoming vehicle, in particular if the vehicles oncoming each other are both participants in a community or a community program or the like.

In particular, if no further vehicle can be determined as a second vehicle within the predeterminable distance or the predeterminable distance, a further, next vehicle is determined or identified as the second vehicle and the spatial distance to one another is determined.

• - visuelles und/oder akustisches Darstellen des übersandten ersten modifizierten Fahrzeugavatars mittels wenigstens einem Eingabe-/Ausgabemedium des zweiten Fahrzeugs.

In a preferred embodiment, the method has the further step:

• - Visual and / or acoustic representation of the transmitted first modified vehicle avatar by means of at least one input / output medium of the second vehicle.

In particular, the modified vehicle avatar can be displayed on an internal control / display unit of the second vehicle. The input / output medium can also only be designed as an output medium of the second vehicle.

• - Bereitstellen einer Mehrzahl von visuellen und/oder akustischen Rückmeldungsobjekten für das zweite Fahrzeug, insbesondere mittels dem Eingabe-/Ausgabemedium des zweiten Fahrzeuges,
• - Empfangen einer Auswahl wenigstens eines Rückmeldungsobjektes als Antwort auf die Darstellung des ersten modifizierten Fahrzeugavatars,
• - Übersenden des wenigstens einen gewählten Rückmeldungsobjektes von dem zweiten Fahrzeug an das erste Fahrzeug, vorzugsweise im Push-Verfahren.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the method can have the further steps:

• - Providing a plurality of visual and / or acoustic feedback objects for the second vehicle, in particular by means of the input / output medium of the second vehicle,
• - Receiving a selection of at least one feedback object in response to the display of the first modified vehicle avatar,
• - Sending the at least one selected feedback object from the second vehicle to the first vehicle, preferably using the push method.

The second vehicle can thus transmit an immediate reaction to the modified vehicle avatar of the first vehicle, in particular in the sense of a community for a social network or the like. An interaction between the vehicles is possible in the context of augmented reality for vehicle avatars.

In a secondary aspect of the invention, a computer-readable storage medium is provided which contains instructions to cause at least one processor to implement a method according to one of the preceding claims when the instructions are executed by the at least one processor.

In particular, the instructions can be at least partially executable on one or more processors arranged in a distributed manner, in particular one or more servers and the processors of at least two vehicles.

According to a further secondary aspect of the invention, a system for carrying out a method according to the invention is provided, with at least one first vehicle, one second vehicle and at least one server.

According to a preferred embodiment, the server is designed to provide a plurality of virtual objects, in particular to provide in the form of a virtual configurator for vehicles.

The first vehicle can thus access a community or a store for providing virtual objects on the at least one server in order to modify or supplement the first vehicle avatar to generate the first modified vehicle avatar. The vehicle avatar of the first vehicle can be supplemented by virtual (design) objects or it can be varied as a whole.

• - zum Übermitteln wenigstens eines ausgewählten virtuellen Objekts an das erste Fahrzeug,
• - zum Speichern des wenigstens einen ersten modifizierten Fahrzeugavatars für das erste Fahrzeug,
• - zum Bestimmen eines räumlichen Abstandes zwischen dem ersten Fahrzeug und dem zweiten Fahrzeug auf Basis der bestimmten örtlichen Positionen des ersten und zweiten Fahrzeuges und/oder
• - zum Übersenden wenigstens des ersten modifizierten Fahrzeugavatars an das zweite Fahrzeug in Abhängigkeit von der örtlichen Position des ersten Fahrzeuges und des zweiten Fahrzeuges.

According to a further preferred embodiment, the at least one server is designed

• - for transmitting at least one selected virtual object to the first vehicle,
• to store the at least one first modified vehicle avatar for the first vehicle,
• to determine a spatial distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle on the basis of the determined local positions of the first and second vehicles and / or
• to send at least the first modified vehicle avatar to the second vehicle as a function of the local position of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

For example, the server can be provided for transmitting the first modified vehicle avatar to the second vehicle as soon as the local or spatial positions of the first and second vehicles are at a predeterminable distance from one another. This distance or distance determination can also be carried out using the at least one server.

In particular, the at least one server can be configured in such a way that the first and second vehicles communicate with a server for data transmission, preferably virtual objects or design objects, modified vehicle avatars and location data.

The present invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

• 1 ein Flussdiagramm zur Veranschaulichung des Ablaufs eines Verfahrens zur Bereitstellung und zum Austausch erweiterter Darstellungen;
• 2 eine Darstellung eines modifizierten Fahrzeugavatars; und
• 3 Darstellungen zur Anzeige bzw. Ausgabe eines modifizierten Fahrzeugavatars.

They show schematically:

• 1 a flowchart to illustrate the sequence of a method for providing and exchanging extended representations;
• 2 a representation of a modified vehicle avatar; and
• 3 Representations for displaying or outputting a modified vehicle avatar.

In 1 a flowchart to illustrate the sequence of a method for providing and exchanging extended representations is shown.

In a first step 10 becomes a plurality of virtual objects 300 , in particular in the form of design elements for the digital modification of the first vehicle avatar of a first vehicle 100 provided. Preferably the virtual objects 300 made available or provided on a server.

A selection is then received 20th at least one first virtual object 300 for a first vehicle avatar of the first vehicle 100 . A first modified vehicle avatar is created on the basis of the selection made 110 based on a combination of the first vehicle avatar with the selection of the at least one virtual object 300 generated.

In a next step, at least one other vehicle is used as a second vehicle 200 identified 40 . In particular, the first and second vehicles 100 ; 200 be provided as a participant in a service community or social community, within which the generation, provision and forwarding of modified vehicle avatars is offered.

The identification of the further vehicle as a second vehicle 200 takes place in particular by means of a determination of the local or spatial position of the first vehicle 50a ; 100 and a determination of the local or spatial position of the second vehicle 50b ; 200 . A distance determination is based on the position determinations 60 between the first and second vehicles 100 ; 200 possible. The further vehicle is preferably only used as the at least one second vehicle 200 fully identified when the further vehicle is within a predefinable radius or distance from the first vehicle 100 was recorded.

If the further vehicle is not in a predefined radius or distance from the first vehicle 100 a next vehicle becomes the second vehicle 200 identified 40 , in particular by based on the respective local positions 50a ; 50b the distance to the first vehicle 100 is determined 60 .

Another vehicle is finally identified as a second vehicle 40 and is located in the predefined radius or a predeterminable distance 60 to the first vehicle 100 , a transmission takes place 70 at least the first modified vehicle avatar 110 to the second vehicle 200 . This is a geo-referenced forwarding, that is, a forwarding depending on the local position of the first vehicle 100 and the second vehicle 200 , given.

The sending 70 preferably takes place as a push method from the first vehicle 100 to the second vehicle 200 or from the at least one server to the second vehicle 200 .

2 shows a representation of a modified vehicle avatar 110 of a first vehicle 100 .

The vehicle avatar of the first vehicle 100 is with several virtual objects 300 supplemented, which is preferably provided on the at least one server and optionally on the vehicle avatar of the first vehicle 100 can be positioned. So is a modified vehicle avatar 110 as a digital, visual / optical upgrade and individualization of the first vehicle 100 available.

In 3 are representations for displaying or outputting the first modified vehicle avatar 110 illustrated.

The first vehicle 100 and a second vehicle 200 are located in the immediate vicinity of one another, in particular at a distance of less than 100 m, particularly preferably at a distance of less than 50 m, for the first vehicle 100 became a modified vehicle avatar 110 with visual objects 300 generated, for example by means of a smartphone in the community or an associated store, provided via at least one server, configured.

While the first vehicle is passing 100 and the second vehicle 200 becomes the modified vehicle avatar 110 of the first vehicle 100 to the second vehicle 200 sent. The output of the received first modified vehicle avatar 110 takes place on an input / output medium of the second vehicle 202 . The medium 202 can be used as a pure output medium or as an input / output medium 202 be trained.

In summary, using the present invention, a simple and cost-effective possibility for individualization and expedient distribution of specially modified, digital vehicle avatars 110 to be provided. By transmitting modified vehicle avatars 110 first vehicles 100 to other, second vehicles 200 preferably by means of a push method and depending on the local or spatial position of the vehicles 100 ; 200 occurs, an efficient transmission process is guaranteed.

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Claims (10)

Method for providing and exchanging extended representations, in particular of modified vehicle avatars, comprising the following steps: - Providing (10) a first vehicle avatar of a first vehicle (100) and a plurality of virtual objects (300), in particular in the form of design elements for modifying the first vehicle avatar of the first vehicle (100), - Receiving a selection (20) of at least one first virtual object (300) for the first vehicle avatar of the first vehicle (100), - generating (30) a first modified vehicle avatar (110) based on a combination of the first vehicle avatar with the selection of the at least one virtual object (300), - Identifying (40) at least one further vehicle as a second vehicle (200), having at least the step: o determining the local position of the first vehicle (50a; 100) and determining the local position of the second vehicle (50b; 200), - Sending (70) at least the first modified vehicle avatar (110) to the second vehicle (200) as a function of the local position of the first vehicle (100) and the second vehicle (200). Procedure according to Claim 1 , characterized in that the sending (70) of the first modified vehicle avatar (110) to the second vehicle (200) as a push method - from a server to the second vehicle (200) or - from the first vehicle (100) to the second vehicle (200) is executed. Procedure according to Claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that the method, in particular the identification (40) of the second vehicle (200), has the further step: - determining a spatial distance (60) between the first vehicle (100) and the second vehicle (200) on the basis the determined local positions of the first and second vehicles (100; 200) with respect to one another. Method according to one of the preceding claims, in particular according to Claim 3 , characterized in that the method, in particular the identification (40) of the second vehicle (200), has the further step: - Sending (70) the first modified vehicle avatar (110) to the second vehicle (200) when the local Position of the first vehicle (100) and the local position of the second vehicle (200) are in a predefinable radius of each other, in particular in a spatial distance of less than 1 km, particularly preferably in a radius of the first vehicle (100) of less than 500 m, 250 m, 100 m, 50 m, 25 m or 10 m, and / or - Identifying (40) a next vehicle as a second vehicle (200). Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the further step comprising: - visual and / or acoustic display (80) of the transmitted first modified vehicle avatar (110) by means of at least one input / output medium (202), in particular an input / Output medium (202) of the second vehicle (200). Procedure according to Claim 5 , characterized in that comprising the further steps: - providing a plurality of visual and / or acoustic feedback objects for the second vehicle (200), in particular by means of the input / output medium (202) of the second vehicle (200), - receiving a selection at least one feedback object in response to the display of the first modified vehicle avatar (110), - sending the at least one selected feedback object from the second vehicle (200) to the first vehicle (100), preferably using the push method. Computer-readable storage medium containing instructions to cause at least one processor to implement a method according to one of the preceding claims when the instructions are executed by the at least one processor. System for carrying out a method according to one of the Claims 1 to 6th , with at least a first vehicle (100), a second vehicle (200) and at least one server. System according to Claim 8 , characterized in that the server is designed to provide a plurality of virtual objects (300), in particular to provide in the form of a virtual configurator for vehicles (100; 200). System according to Claim 8 or 9 characterized in that the at least one server is designed - to transmit at least one selected virtual object to the first vehicle (100), - to store the at least one first modified vehicle avatar (110) for the first vehicle (100), - to determine a spatial distance (60) between the first vehicle (100) and the second vehicle (200) based on the determined local positions of the first and second vehicles (100; 200) and / or - for transmitting (70) at least the first modified vehicle avatar (110) to the second vehicle (200) depending on the local position of the first vehicle (100) and the second vehicle (200).

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