DOI: 10.17587/prin.13.88-93

Implementation of Augmented Reality Algorithms in Road Transport Navigation Using Open Services

A. A. Korotysheva, ania.korotishewa@yandex.ru, S. N. Zhukov, jsn@rf.unn.ru, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russian Federation

Corresponding author: Korotysheva Anna A., Masters Degree Student, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russian Federation, E-mail: ania.korotishewa@yandex.ru

In the modern world, vehicle drivers use geographic information systems (GIS) — based navigators instead of the conventional paper maps to build traffic routes. One of the promising branches in this area is the use of augmented reality (AR) technology and head-up display (HUD) technology in the form of information projection onto the windshield of a car. The development and implementation of augmented reality algorithms together with the implementation of HUD technology is an urgent task to solve the problem of improving road safety. The objective of the study is to optimize the algorithm for constructing traffic routes for a car using geographic information services and augmented reality technology with projection of information onto the windshield of a car. In the present paper, an algorithm for visualizing objects with dynamic parameters functionally dependent on geographic information data using OpenStreet-Map and OSRM (Open Street Routing Machine) services is proposed and implemented as a software. Features of route optimization in OSRM based on efficient Contraction Hierarchies algorithm are shown, which has a number of advantages compared to commonly used Dijkstra and A* route construction algorithms — higher speed, less memory requirements, a relatively fast preprocessing. The simulation results are provided. Possibilities and prospects of using the proposed algorithm in the software of the vehicle navigation system are presented. The developed algorithm using geographic information services and augmented reality technology with the projection of information onto the windshield of a car makes it possible to optimize the route construction process. The interactive interface of the augmented reality visualization program with the projection of route indicators and other important information onto the windshield of a car has the integrated effect of combining the advantages of AR, HUD technologies and geographic information services. The use of the interface in the vehicle navigation system will help to improve traffic safety.

Keywords: information technology, object visualization, augmented reality, visualization algorithms, geographic information data, geographic information system, graphic primitives

pp. 88–93.

For citation:
Korotysheva A. A., Zhukov S. N. Implementation of Augmented Reality Algorithms in Road Transport Navigation Using Open Services, Programmnaya Ingeneria, 2022, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 88—93.