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An AR-System for Visualizing Deviations between the Planned and Real Shapeof a Car Body
Martin Wagner
1
,
2
, Gudrun Klinker
1
,
2
, Mustafa Isik
2
,Kay Kindermann
3
, J¨orn Trilk
3
and Henning M¨uller-Vogelmann
3
1
peyclon integrationMoos 2Kirchseeon, Germany
2
Technische Universit¨at M¨unchen
Fakult¨at f¨ur Informatik Garching b. M¨unchen, Germany
3
BMW AGForschungs und Innovationszentrum (FIZ)M¨unchen, Germany
Abstract
An essential part of experimental vehicle construction con-sists of obtaining and analyzing measurements describingdeviations between an actual car and the CAD-model. This paper presents ongoing work towards presenting such mea-surement data directly on a car frame using Augmented Re-ality. In a first prototype, the augmentations can be seen bya large number of individuals in HMDs or jointly in video-see-through mode on a monitor. A moderator can select subsets of measurement data with a pointing device.
1 Introduction
In the automotive industry, experimental vehicle construc-tion and technical integration includes building a limitednumber of prototypes of a new model in order to validatemanufacturing processes and product functionalities. Aspart of the evaluation process, first prototypes are com-pared with the CAD-model to assure that deviations be-tween the built car and the CAD-model are within specifiedtolerances. When significant deviations are detected, theyare related back to the manufacturing process, resulting inchanges of machine settings to ensure that subquent cars arebuilt within tolerance levels.The process of analyzing significant deviations and of communicating them to the people building the cars hasproven to be challenging because it is not easy to visualizesystematic properties of large numbers of small deviations,such as a systematic misalignment (wrong orientation) of one component with respect to another one. Current ap-proaches have relied on 3D drawings, accompanied by ta-bles of measurement data in a document and on slides.This paper presents ongoing work towards presentingmeasurement data directly on the car frame using Aug-mented Reality. It is a continuation of a previous coopera-tion which resulted in building an
Intelligent Welding Gun
,a tool using Augmented Reality to weld large numbers of studs with high precision into a car frame [2].
2 Requirements
During a number of conversations with the end users of thesystem, we established the following key requirements:
Joint presentation for a moderator and many spectators:
A moderator must be able to interact with the system,changing viewing styles and selecting measurements.Other spectators are passive, wearing a head-mounteddisplay (HMD) or jointly following a visualizationon a screen, as seen by a
virtual spectator
, i.e. avideo-based augmentation from a mobile camerawhich the moderator holds in his hand.
Presentation:
Presentation styles that car builders are ac-customed to from their current presentation practicemust also be available in the AR-system. Furthermore,not only deviation measurements but also photogram-metric reference points must be shown.
Interaction:
The moderator must be able to select subsetsof measurements via 3D gestures while viewing thedata. Other interactions can be provided via a tradi-tional WIMP interface.
Integration into the work environment:
The AR-systemmust be robust to operate within an everyday automo-tive work environment. Furthermore, the software sys-tem needs to be integrated with the database holdingthe measurement data. Eventually, HMDs should op-erate wirelessly.
Performance:
The system must provide close to real-timeperformance.1
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