Application for a patent of technology for Apple to display the "part not visible to the driver" on the road by AR

Apple said "Titan"We are in the process of developing an automobile development project, but we have found that we are applying for a patent on AR technology for automobiles. Apple's AR display seems to be a realistic proposal to increase security.

United States Patent Application: 0180089899


Apple working on AR display for the driver and passengers of a self-driving car
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The patented technology applied by Apple is a display adopting AR technology called "Adaptive vehicle augmented reality display using stereographic imagery". The content is to convert map data and information registered in the cloud-based map application in advance into 3D data in a mesh form and to utilize the information as an AR in accordance with the movement of the car.


By adopting this AR function-equipped display for windshield etc., it becomes possible to transparently display the road as AR even under the condition that the road ahead such as the mountains can not be visually observed. Also, not only in the mountain area, but also in a situation where visibility is bad with rain or fog, by complementing the road information by AR, it is likely to make a safer drive.


This technology, of course, functions as a visual aid for human beings, but it can also be used as an aid to various sensors such as cameras and radars. In automatic driving technology, it is required to combine various sensors such as high-performance cameras and laser devices "Lidar" to detect the situation of the outside world in real time, but under conditions of poor visibility such as fog and heavy snow, There is a problem that the sensor does not work well. The technology patented by Apple of this time is supposed to be able to play a role of supplementing data of various sensors, and it seems that it can be expected to be applied to automatic driving technology.


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Apple announced in March 2018 about technology to recognize gestures on the roadApply for a patentdoing. This technology is supposed to assume scenes where police officials organize road traffic due to traffic breakdown etc.


From the movement of Apple 's patent application, it is clear that the development of automatic driving cars is progressing steadily.