Smart vehicle holograms
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDmitry Ogorodnikov, Steven Chapekis
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Abstract
A vehicle for projecting holograms is described. The vehicle may include a plurality of Integrated Holographic Camera Modules (IHCMs) configured to project movable holograms. The vehicle may further include a vehicle processor communicatively coupled to the plurality of IHCMs. The vehicle processor may obtain a recording of a movable hologram from a first IHCM and determine a hologram movement from the recording. The vehicle processor may further switch a projection of the movable hologram from the first IHCM to a second IHCM when a predefined criterion is met. The vehicle processor may determine that the predefined criterion is met when the projection moves from a first IHCM projection range to a second IHCM projection range.
Claims13
A vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of Integrated Holographic Camera Modules (IHCMs) configured to project movable holograms;
- a vehicle processor communicatively coupled to the plurality of IHCMs, wherein the vehicle processor is configured to:
- obtain a recording of a movable hologram from a first IHCM;
- determine a hologram movement from the recording;
- and
- switch a projection of the movable hologram from the first IHCM to a second IHCM when a predefined criterion is met,
- wherein the plurality of IHCMs comprises a first set of exterior IHCMs and a second set of interior IHCMs,
- wherein the second set of interior IHCMs is configured to project an interior hologram and the first set of exterior IHCMs is configured to project an exterior hologram, and
- wherein the vehicle processor is further configured to merge the interior hologram and the exterior hologram to project a unified hologram.
A method to project a movable hologram, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a vehicle processor, a recording of the movable hologram from a first Integrated Holographic Camera Module (IHCM) of a plurality of IHCMs, wherein the plurality of IHCMs is configured to project movable holograms;
- determining, by the vehicle processor, a hologram movement from the recording;
- switching, by the vehicle processor, a projection of the movable hologram from the first IHCM to a second IHCM when a predefined criterion is met;
- determining a user interaction associated with the movable hologram and perform an action based on the user interaction;
- wherein the plurality of IHCMs comprises a first set of exterior IHCMs and a second set of interior IHCMs,
- wherein the second set of interior IHCMs is configured to project an interior hologram and the first set of exterior IHCMs is configured to project an exterior hologram, and
- wherein the vehicle processor is further comprising merging the interior hologram and the exterior hologram to project a unified hologram.
A vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of Integrated Holographic Camera Modules (IHCMs) configured to project movable holograms;
- a vehicle processor communicatively coupled to the plurality of IHCMs, wherein the vehicle processor is configured to:
- obtain a recording of a movable hologram from a first IHCM;
- determine a hologram movement from the recording;
- and
- switch a projection of the movable hologram from the first IHCM to a second IHCM when a predefined criterion is met,
- wherein the plurality of IHCMs comprises a first set of exterior IHCMs and a second set of interior IHCMs, and
- wherein the second set of interior IHCMs is configured to:
- capture a first hologram projected by a third-party exterior projector;
- and
- transmit a first hologram recording to the vehicle processor,
- wherein the vehicle processor is configured to determine a user interaction associated with the first hologram and perform an action based on the user interaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.