JP6741342B2 - Vehicle fitting accessories fitting method, vehicle fitting accessories fitting system - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted article fitting method and a vehicle-mounted article fitting system that allows various vehicle-mounted articles (roof box, child seat, etc.) to be tried-on and displayed on a vehicle according to a user's preference on a screen.

A roof box is sometimes mounted on a base carrier of the roof for carrying luggage in a vehicle.
There are various types of roof boxes such as high capacity type, long type, low air resistance design type, various colors, etc., and a base carrier is required accordingly.

When purchasing a roof box, it is necessary to select the roof box according to the application and the design and to judge whether the box can be mounted on the vehicle. Currently, users refer to roof box catalogs and sales staff advice.
Similar to the roof box, there are tires and wheels as various vehicle parts attached to the vehicle. There are multiple combinations of these wheels and tires for each vehicle type, and the sales staff are required to have experience and know-how.

Therefore, Patent Document 1 discloses a sales support system that allows even a person who is not familiar with the knowledge about wheels and tires to obtain the combination information of tires and wheels that matches the vehicle.

JP, 2005-44376, A

However, the system disclosed in Patent Document 1 selects a combination that can be mounted from pre-registered vehicle types, tires, and wheel information. For example, does the design of the wheel selected by the user match the vehicle? It is not considered to try on the vehicle to determine the.
In addition, at present, there are samples and the like that can be mounted on a vehicle at a store, and if the store is aggressive in the fitting work, the user can try on the clothes before purchase. However, the fitting of such samples is very limited, and the installation work is time consuming and inefficient.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle-mounted article fitting method and a vehicle-mounted article fitting system that can try-on a vehicle-mounted article on a screen of a mobile terminal or the like.

As a first means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a fitting method using a fitting system for fitting a vehicle for fitting a fitting for a vehicle on a screen,
The control unit of the vehicle fitting try-on system recognizes the front and rear tires of a predetermined vehicle in the vehicle image, and defines a horizontal line passing through the center of the front and rear tires as a Y-axis reference line and ½ between the centers of the front and rear tires. A vertical line passing through the position is used as an X-axis reference line, and a position from the Y-axis and X-axis reference lines is calculated using vehicle information registered in advance to calculate a mounting reference position of the vehicle-mounted article,
A step of calculating the scale of the vehicle-mounted article by recognizing the front and rear tires by the control unit of the vehicle-wearing fitting system ;
A step of synthesizing the vehicle fitting article in which the scale is adjusted to an attachment reference position of the vehicle fitting article of the vehicle in the vehicle image in the vehicle fitting try-on system ,
The present invention is to provide a method for trying on a vehicle-mounted article, the method including:
Accordingly, it is possible to virtually display a vehicle image in which a vehicle-mounted article such as a roof box is mounted on the vehicle of the user on the screen of the mobile terminal or the like.

As a second means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is the first means, wherein the vehicle mounting article is a roof box, the reference portion is a front and rear tire, and a center of the front and rear tire. Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle-wearing article try-on method, characterized by obtaining position information and calculating a mounting reference position of the roof box based on the position information and vehicle information registered in advance.
Accordingly, the reference position for mounting the roof box can be easily calculated, and the mounting position of the roof box can be accurately obtained.

As a third means for solving the above problems, the present invention is the first or second means, wherein the vehicle fitting is a roof box, the reference portion is a front and rear tire, and the front and rear tire. The vehicle fitting accessory fitting method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the number of pixels in between is calculated, and the scale of the roof box is calculated based on the number of pixels and vehicle information registered in advance. To provide.
Accordingly, it is possible to display the roof box whose scale is adjusted according to the size of the vehicle in the vehicle image.

As a fourth means for solving the above problems, the present invention provides the means according to any one of the first to third aspects, in which the vehicle image is captured in advance and registered in a storage unit. The vehicle fitting accessory fitting method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the method is one of an image, a newly photographed image, and an image of a vehicle registered in a database in advance. Especially.
This allows the roof box to be tried on again after the vehicle image captured in advance. Further, by using the newly captured image, it is possible to try on the roof box of the vehicle owned by the user. Furthermore, by using the image of the vehicle registered in advance, it is possible to try on the roof box for a vehicle model other than the vehicle owned by the user.

As a fifth means for solving the above problems, the present invention is a storage unit for acquiring a vehicle image,
Recognizing the front and rear tires of a predetermined vehicle in the vehicle image, a horizontal line passing through the centers of the front and rear tires is a Y-axis reference line, and a vertical line passing through a half position between the centers of the front and rear tires is an X-axis reference. A control unit for calculating a mounting reference position of the vehicle-mounted article and a scale of the vehicle-mounted article by calculating a position from the Y-axis and X-axis reference lines using a vehicle information registered in advance as a line ;
An image synthesizing processing unit for synthesizing the vehicle-mounted article, the scale of which has been adjusted to a mounting reference position of the vehicle-mounted article of the vehicle in the vehicle image,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a fitting system for a vehicle-mounted article, which includes:
This makes it possible to easily display a vehicle image in which a vehicle-mounted article such as a roof box is mounted on the user's vehicle on the screen of a mobile terminal or the like.

As a sixth means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides, in the fifth means, a communication section capable of communicating with a photographing section for photographing the vehicle or a database in which vehicle information of the vehicle is registered in advance. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle-wearing article trying-on system characterized by being provided.
Thereby, the roof box can be tried on the vehicle owned by the user by using the newly captured image. Furthermore, by using the image of the vehicle registered in advance, it is possible to try on the roof box for a vehicle model other than the vehicle owned by the user.

As a seventh means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides the vehicle mounting article according to the fifth or sixth means, wherein the vehicle mounting article is a roof box, the reference portion is front and rear tires, and the control unit. The present invention provides a vehicle-wearing article fitting system, which acquires position information of the center of the front and rear tires and calculates a mounting reference position of the roof box based on the position information and vehicle information registered in advance. Especially.
Accordingly, the reference position for mounting the roof box can be easily calculated, and the mounting position of the roof box can be accurately obtained.

As an eighth means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides the means according to any one of the fifth to seventh aspects, wherein the vehicle fitting is a roof box and the reference portion is a front and rear tire. 8. The control unit calculates the number of pixels between the front and rear tires, and calculates the scale of the roof box based on the number of pixels and vehicle information registered in advance. The vehicle fitting article try-on system according to any one of 1 above.
Accordingly, it is possible to display the roof box whose scale is adjusted according to the size of the vehicle in the vehicle image.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, it is possible to easily create a virtual vehicle image in which a vehicle-mounted article (roof box, child seat, etc.) is mounted on a user's vehicle and display it on a screen of a mobile terminal or the like. Further, it is possible to create a virtual vehicle image in which an arbitrarily selected vehicle attachment article is mounted on an arbitrarily selected vehicle based on vehicle information and vehicle attachment article information registered in advance.

It is a block diagram of the vehicle fitting article trial fitting system of the present invention. It is a processing flow figure of the vehicle fitting article trial fitting method of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the vehicle fitting accessory trying method. It is explanatory drawing of the attachment reference position of a roof box.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a vehicle mounting article fitting method and a vehicle mounting article fitting system of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[Vehicle fitting try-on system 10]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a vehicle wearing article fitting system of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the vehicle wearing article fitting system 10 of the present invention includes a photographing unit 20, an input unit 30, a storage unit 40, a control unit 50, an image composition processing unit 60, a display unit 70, and a communication unit 80. The database 90 has a main basic configuration. It should be noted that, as the vehicle-mounted article, a roof box, a child seat, and the like can be cited, but in the present embodiment, the roof box will be described below as an example.

The photographing unit 20 is a CCD, a CMOS camera or the like for photographing the vehicle. The image capturing unit 20 may be any image capturing device capable of capturing an image (still image, moving image, etc.), and as an example, a camera or the like built in a mobile terminal may be used.
The input unit 30 is a user interface such as a mouse, a keyboard, and a touch panel for inputting information on the vehicle or vehicle-mounted products.

The storage unit 40 is a memory or the like that stores the image acquired from the image capturing unit 20, the data acquired from the input unit 30, the combined image acquired from the image combining processing unit 60 described below, and the like via the control unit 50 described below.
The control unit 50 recognizes a predetermined reference part of the vehicle in the vehicle image, extracts the characteristic points of the vehicle, calculates the attachment position of the vehicle attachment article, and attaches the vehicle image to the vehicle. It is a CPU or the like that performs arithmetic processing such as processing for calculating the scale of the article.

The image composition processing unit 60 generates a vehicle image (a vehicle image represented by two-dimensional and three-dimensional (3D model)) in which a roof box which is a vehicle-mounted article is mounted on the vehicle image.
The display unit 70 is a display that displays vehicle information, a vehicle image, a composite image obtained by virtually combining a vehicle-mounted article with a vehicle, and the like.
The communication unit 80 is capable of transmitting/receiving with an external database 90 via a network such as the Internet.

The database 90 includes vehicle information (manufacturer, vehicle type, year, type, various dimensions of the vehicle, vehicle images expressed in two-dimensional and three-dimensional, etc.), information on vehicle-mounted articles such as roof boxes and child seats (manufacturer, product name , Product number, detailed information, two-dimensional or three-dimensional product image, etc.), vehicle-mounted accessory compatibility information (whether or not it can be mounted, allowable mounting position range, etc.), acquisition information, etc. are recorded. ..

The vehicle fitting accessory trying-on system 10 of the present invention as described above can be realized in the form of using a software program or application software, or in the form of a personal computer or a mobile terminal in which these software are installed.

[Vehicle fitting accessories fitting method]
Next, a vehicle fitting article fitting method of the present invention using the vehicle fitting article fitting system 10 will be described below.

[New fitting A]
The method of taking a picture of a vehicle owned by the user and trying on the roof box is performed as follows.

Vehicle information is input (S100). The vehicle information includes manufacturer, vehicle type, year model, type, and the like.
Next, the roof box is selected (S120). A roof box compatible with the vehicle is displayed based on the vehicle information and the compatibility information. Specifically, the product name, product number, product image, detailed information, etc. of the roof box are displayed.

The vehicle is photographed (S140). The side surface of the vehicle is photographed by the photographing unit 20, and the photographed image (still image, moving image, etc.) is displayed on the screen of the display unit 70.
Whether or not the vehicle is automatically recognized is determined (S160).
The automatic recognition of the vehicle is performed by the control unit 50 as follows.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the roof box fitting method. In the present embodiment, as an example, a case where the front and rear tires of the vehicle image are recognized as the reference portion of the vehicle will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 3(1), a recognition range (two circles) is displayed at a position corresponding to the front and rear tires in the vehicle image. At this time, the recognition definition of the front and rear tires is, for example, that there are two left and right circles on the Y axis and the two circles are separated by a predetermined distance.
The reference part of the vehicle to be recognized may be a front lamp, a tail lamp, a side door, a side mirror, a window, a door, a door handle, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 3(2), the centers of the front and rear tires in the recognition range are derived, and the number of pixels between the two centers is acquired from the position information of the center (position coordinates on the vehicle image).
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the reference mounting position of the roof box. The reference position for mounting the roof box is calculated from the position information of the two centers of the front and rear tires on the screen (positional coordinates on the vehicle image, etc.).
As an example, in FIG. 4A, a vertical line passing through a position 1/2 between the centers of the front and rear tires (circle 1) (intermediate between circles 2 and 3) is the X-axis reference line. Then, the position between the front tire and the front and rear door gap (circle mark 4) which is registered in advance and the front and rear door gap position (circle mark 5) are calculated from the X-axis reference line.
Further, using the pre-registered front and rear carrier mounting positions (circle 6) and the bar front and rear spacing (circle 7), the bar front and rear spacing (circles 8 and 9) and the front bar mounting position (circle 10) are used. The intermediate position between the front and rear of the bar (circle 11) can be calculated, and the mounting position of the roof box (X axis: circle 12) can be calculated.
Further, in FIG. 4B, the horizontal line passing through the centers of the front and rear tires is the Y-axis reference line. The base carrier mounting height (circles 4 and 5) can be calculated using the vehicle total height (circle 1), tire radius (circle 2), and base carrier unit height (circle 3) that have been registered in advance. it can. Of these, the circle 5 is the mounting position (Y axis) of the roof box.

Further, the number of pixels of the roof box displayed on the screen is calculated using the number of pixels between the two centers, the distance between the front and rear tires registered in advance, and the length of the roof box. Based on the number of pixels of the roof box, it is possible to obtain a roof box having a scale adjusted to a vehicle image on the screen. In other words, the actual size per pixel is calculated from the number of pixels between the two centers and the distance between the front and rear tires registered in advance. The display size (the number of pixels) of the roof box can be calculated from the actual size per pixel and the length of the roof box.
Then, as shown in FIG. 3C, the feature points (square marks) of the vehicle in the vehicle image are extracted. Here, the characteristic points of the vehicle are, for example, the four corners of the side door, the tail lamp, and the like, and a plurality of such points are extracted.

If the automatic recognition of the vehicle cannot be performed (for example, the background and the vehicle have the same color or darkness), the vehicle is manually recognized (S180). For specific manual recognition, the centers of the front and rear tires of the vehicle image are designated.
You can get the number of pixels between the two centers of the specified front and rear tires and adjust the scale of the roof box. Further, the mounting position of the roof box can be calculated from the positional information of the two centers of the front and rear tires.

As another recognition method, markers such as AR (Augmented Reality) markers are attached to the front and rear tires of the vehicle to be imaged in advance. Then, the front and rear tires may be recognized by the markers in the vehicle image obtained by photographing the vehicle.
After automatically or manually recognizing the vehicle, the roof box is tried on (S200). As shown in FIG. 3 (4 ), the image synthesis processing unit 60 adjusts the scale of the vehicle image, and an image (two-dimensional or three-dimensional representation) in which the roof box is synthesized based on the reference mounting position of the roof box and the feature points. Generated image) and display it on the display screen.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 3(5), in the image composition processing unit 60, when the user moves from the side photographing location while holding the portable terminal, the feature points are tracked by The orientation of the roof box can be varied based on the points.
Further, in the above-mentioned composite image, the intermediate position of the roof box is displayed in alignment with the reference mounting position of the roof box. Generally, an allowable range is set for the mounting position of the roof box, and it is also possible to perform the image synthesizing process by moving the mounting position of the roof box within this allowable range.

Data is saved (S220). The data and image data input in the steps from S100 to S200 are recorded in the storage unit 40.
As a result, it is possible to try on the roof box for the vehicle owned by the user by using the newly captured image.

[Try-on record confirmation B]
The method of subsequently trying on the vehicle image using the vehicle image stored in the step S220 is performed as follows.
The vehicle image stored in the storage unit 40 is selected (S300).
A roof box is selected (S320). A roof box suitable for the vehicle is displayed based on the stored vehicle information. Specifically, the product name, product number, product image, detailed information, etc. of the roof box.

The roof box is tried on (S200). The image combination processing unit 60 generates an image in which a new roof box with a reduced scale is combined with the saved vehicle image, and the image is displayed on the display screen.
The aforementioned data is saved (S220). The data and image data input in the steps from S300 to S200 are recorded in the storage unit 40.
This allows the roof box to be tried on again after the vehicle image captured in advance.

[Registered vehicle fitting C]
The method for fitting the roof box to a vehicle model other than the vehicle owned by the user is as follows.
Registered vehicle information is input (S400). When the user inputs the vehicle manufacturer and vehicle type, the vehicles registered in advance in the database 90 are displayed.

A roof box is selected (S420). A roof box adaptable to the vehicle is displayed based on the registered vehicle information. Specifically, the product name, product number, product image, detailed information, etc. of the roof box.
The roof box is tried on (S200). The image combination processing unit 60 generates an image in which a roof box whose scale has been adjusted is combined with a vehicle image registered in advance to generate an image, which is displayed on the display screen.

The same data as described above is saved (S220). The data and image data input in the steps from S400 to S200 are recorded in the storage unit 40.
Thus, by using the image of the vehicle registered in advance, it is possible to try on the roof box for a vehicle model other than the vehicle owned by the user.

According to such a roof box fitting method of the present invention, a virtual vehicle image in which the roof box is mounted on the vehicle can be easily created and displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal or the like.

When a child seat is used as the vehicle mounting article, the predetermined reference portion of the vehicle in the vehicle image is the height of the seat to be mounted, in the case of an ISOFIX (Isofix) compatible vehicle, the anchor pitch, and It is better to apply an AR marker or the like.

Even with such a child seat fitting method, a virtual vehicle image can be easily created and displayed on the screen of a mobile terminal or the like as in the case where a vehicle is equipped with a roof box.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The vehicle fitting accessory fitting method and the vehicle fitting fitting fitting system of the present invention have industrial applicability in the manufacturing field and sales field of vehicles and vehicle fittings incidental to the vehicle.

10......Vehicle fitting accessory fitting system, 20.........Shooting unit, 30...Input unit, 40... Storage unit, 50... Control unit, 60 Image combining processing unit, 70... ... Display unit, 80... Communication unit, 90... Database.

Claims (6)

A fitting method using a fitting system for fitting a vehicle for fitting a fitting for a vehicle on a screen,
The control unit of the vehicle fitting try-on system recognizes the front and rear tires of a predetermined vehicle in the vehicle image, and defines a horizontal line passing through the center of the front and rear tires as a Y-axis reference line and ½ between the centers of the front and rear tires. A vertical line passing through the position is used as an X-axis reference line, and a position from the Y-axis and X-axis reference lines is calculated using vehicle information registered in advance to calculate a mounting reference position of the vehicle-mounted article,
A step of calculating the scale of the vehicle-mounted article by recognizing the front and rear tires by the control unit of the vehicle-wearing fitting system ;
A step of synthesizing the vehicle fitting article in which the scale is adjusted to an attachment reference position of the vehicle fitting article of the vehicle in the vehicle image in the vehicle fitting try-on system ,
A method for trying on fittings for vehicles, which comprises: The vehicle mounting article is a roof box, the number of pixels between the front and rear tires is calculated, and the scale of the roof box is calculated based on the number of pixels and vehicle information registered in advance. The method for trying on vehicle-mounted products as described in. The vehicle image previously photographed to registered vehicle image in the storage unit, the newly captured image, according to claim 1 or, characterized in that any one of the image of the vehicle which is previously registered in the database The method for trying on vehicle-mounted products according to item 2 . A storage unit that acquires a vehicle image,
Recognizing the front and rear tires of a predetermined vehicle in the vehicle image, a horizontal line passing through the centers of the front and rear tires is a Y-axis reference line, and a vertical line passing through a half position between the centers of the front and rear tires is an X-axis reference. A control unit for calculating a mounting reference position of the vehicle-mounted article and a scale of the vehicle-mounted article by calculating a position from the Y-axis and X-axis reference lines using a vehicle information registered in advance as a line ;
An image synthesizing processing unit for synthesizing the vehicle-mounted article with the reduced scale adjusted to a mounting reference position of the vehicle-mounted article of the vehicle in the vehicle image,
A fitting system for vehicle-mounted articles, which comprises: The vehicle wearing article fitting system according to claim 4, further comprising: a photographing unit that photographs the vehicle or a communication unit that can communicate with a database in which vehicle information of the vehicle is registered in advance. The vehicle mounting article is a roof box,
Wherein the control unit calculates the number of pixels between the front and rear tires, based on pre-registered vehicle information and said number of pixels, according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that to calculate the scale of the roof box Vehicle fitting fitting system.