System and method for in-vehicle display with integrated object detection

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for improving situational awareness of occupants of a vehicle and including instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:

• analyze, using at least a processor of the vehicle, scan data from a sensor of the vehicle to detect at least one object within a surrounding environment, wherein the scan data is a point cloud acquired from a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor;
• convert the scan data into converted data that represents the at least one object with a reduced quantity of data by applying a point cloud filter to the scan data to generate the converted data;
• render, using the converted data, at least one graphic that is a visual representation of the at least one object;
• and
• display the at least one graphic within a display of the vehicle at a location within the display that represents a location of the at least one object relative to the vehicle in the surrounding environment, wherein the instructions to display include instructions to provide the at least one graphic as a visualization within a navigation interface in the display that is a virtual representation of the surrounding environment without acquiring an image of the surrounding environment.

A method of improving situational awareness of occupants of a vehicle, comprising:

• analyzing, using at least a processor of the vehicle, scan data from a sensor of the vehicle to detect at least one object within a surrounding environment, wherein the scan data is a point cloud acquired from a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor;
• converting the scan data into converted data that represents the at least one object with a reduced quantity of data by applying a point cloud filter to the scan data to generate the converted data;
• rendering, using the converted data, at least one graphic that is a visual representation of the at least one object;
• and
• displaying the at least one graphic within a display of the vehicle at a location within the display that represents a location of the at least one object relative to the vehicle in the surrounding environment including providing the at least one graphic as a visualization within a navigation interface in the display that is a virtual representation of the surrounding environment without acquiring an image of the surrounding environment.