Infotainment system having awareness of local dynamic features
AssigneeCerence Operating Company
InventorsDaniel Mario Kindermann, Mohammad Mehdi Moniri, Aditya Gulati
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Abstract
A vehicle and many dynamic features move relative to the same reference frame. An infotainment system responds to a request from an occupant of a vehicle to provide information concerning a particular dynamic feature. The occupant provides the infotainment system with information concerning a bearing to the dynamic feature and the infotainment system identifies the dynamic feature in response.
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An apparatus comprising an infotainment system for responding to a request from an occupant of a vehicle to provide information concerning a dynamic feature, said dynamic feature having a time-varying location relative to a stationary reference frame relative to which said vehicle moves, wherein said vehicle comprises an internal sensor system, an external sensor system, and a kinematic sensor system that comprises a GPS, wherein said infotainment system comprises an identifier that is configured to identify said dynamic feature based at least in part on information from said GPS and information from said external sensor system, wherein said apparatus further comprises an interactor that is configured to determine said dynamic feature's final destination, its origin, its current status, estimated arrival time, traffic status along its route, and current occupancy.
A method comprising receiving a request from an occupant of a vehicle for information concerning a dynamic feature and identifying said dynamic feature based at least in part on of information from a GPS that is a constituent of a kinematic sensor system of said vehicle and information from said external sensor system of said vehicle, wherein said dynamic feature is a feature that is moving relative to a reference frame relative to which said vehicle moves, wherein said method further comprises determining said dynamic feature's final destination, its origin, its current status, estimated arrival time, traffic status along its route, and current occupancy.
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