Automated driving system for a motor vehicle provided with an advanced visual communication interface
AssigneePsa Automobiles SA
InventorsVincent Laine, Stephane Feron, Celine Taccori Duvergey
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Abstract
The invention relates to an automated driving system for a motor vehicle including a visual communication interface intended for informing the driver about the state of said driving system and comprising a luminous indicator capable of emitting luminous signals on the steering wheel of said vehicle; characterized in that said visual communication interface also includes a heads-up display capable of displaying other luminous signals in the field of view of the driver beyond the dashboard of said vehicle.
Claims9
An automated driving system for a motor vehicle comprising a visual communication interface for informing a driver of the motor vehicle of a status of said automated driving system;
- said automated driving system including an indicator light capable of emitting first light signals on a steering wheel of said motor vehicle and a heads-up display capable of displaying second light signals in a field of vision of the driver beyond a windshield of said motor vehicle, wherein, the automated driving system comprises two fully automated driving modes, with disengagement of the automated driving system to a manual driving mode occurring at an end of two transition periods of different durations if the automated driving modes are discontinued in an event of incompatibility of a driving environment, wherein information relating to a state of one of said automated driving modes is transmitted by signals only emitted by said indicator light on the steering wheel, and information relating to a state of the other of said automated driving modes is transmitted by signals simultaneously emitted by said indicator light on the steering wheel and said heads-up display.
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