Method and device for reminding a driver to start at a light signal device with variable output function
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorJoeran Zeisler
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Abstract
A method for reminding a driver of a motor vehicle to start at a light signal device, includes the following steps: detecting a light signal of a light signal device by evaluating an image data set; detecting the stationary state of the motor vehicle according to the motor vehicle operating parameters; producing a stop signal when the detected light signal is a stop light signal and when the motor vehicle is stationary; in the presence of the stop signal, generating a start signal when a switch to a drive light signal is detected by evaluating an additional image data set, and transferring the start signal via an interface to an output device.
Claims14
A method for reminding a driver of a motor vehicle to start at a light signal device, the method comprising the acts of:
- detecting a light signal of a light signal device;
- generating a stop signal when a stop light signal is detected as the light signal while the motor vehicle is at a standstill;
- when the stop signal is present, generating a start signal when the light signal is detected as changing over to a drive light signal;
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- transmitting the start signal to an output appliance via an interface, wherein
- a line of vision of a driver of the motor vehicle and a position of the output appliance are detected and evaluated, and
- the start signal is transmitted to the output appliance only if the output appliance is at a position in the line of vision of the driver.
An apparatus for reminding a driver of a motor vehicle to start at a light signal device, comprising:
- a computer apparatus configured to execute processing to:
- detect light signals of a light signal device,
- generate a stop signal when a stop light signal is detected while the motor vehicle is at a standstill,
- when the stop signal is present, generate a start signal when the light signal is detected as changing over to a drive light signal, wherein
- presence of the stop signal prompts further data to be captured and evaluated to determine a confidence value for reference,
- transmit the start signal to an output appliance via an interface, and
- generate a confirmation signal if the result of a comparison is that the confidence value is greater than a predetermined threshold value.
A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program code that, when executed, cause a processor of a motor vehicle to:
- detect light signals of a light signal device,
- generate a stop signal when a stop light signal is detected while the motor vehicle is at a standstill,
- when the stop signal is present, generate a start signal when the light signal is detected as changing over to a drive light signal,
- transmit the start signal to an output appliance via an interface, wherein
- an orientation of the output appliance is detected and evaluated, and
- the detected orientation is taken as a basis for generating the start signal that stimulates the vision or another sense of the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.