Design of Real-view Navigation System with Virtual Path Mapping Technique

Currently, car navigation systems stand out with services such as telematics and ITS (Intelligent Transport System). Moreover, the demand for these services is rapidly increasing. Current widely used navigation systems are generally based on 2D or 3D graphics and provides route and guidance information services. However these navigation systems, are associated with compression and a loss of information during the process of modeling the complex real world into simple shapes and images. Hence, the real world is not fully reflected in the system, resulting in odd depictions of actual areas, and giving users difficulties in recognizing their driving status. Therefore, in this research, we designed a navigation system based on real-view image servicing route and various guide information, on top of real-time images obtained by a camera installed on the car. Also we proposed the system’s core function; a technique creating and mapping virtual road objects and tested it.