Design and Implement Augmented Reality for Supporting Driving Visual Guidance

Abstract

It is an important issue that let drivers obtain driving information easily. There are many advanced electronic devices used for driving safety assistance. During driving a car, the driver receives the information passed by these systems. But with more functionality, more and more information will be generated and make the driving environment very complicated that makes it very difficult for the drivers to digest and response to all of the information. This highlights the importance of integrating all of the driving information. Augmented Reality (AR) with Head-Up Displays (HUDs) has recently attracted the attention in the field of automotive research. In this work, we design and implement AR for supporting driving visual guidance. We integrate driving information from Controller Area Network (CAN), Global Positioning System (GPS), navigation system, and other related information and use HUD technology to project it to the windscreen. This technique improves driver's situation awareness by dynamically combining more information imaging, called Point of Interest (POI), with global maps. The driver can easily see his/her driving guidance without having to turn his/her head off the driving direction using our augmented reality guidance, drivers can drive more easily.