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US 12,492,912 B2Granted
Method for projecting at least one light pattern into a vehicle environment and vehicle having at least one projector
AssigneeMercedes-Benz Group AG
InventorHanno Weber
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Abstract
A method for projecting a light pattern into a vehicle environment using a vehicle projector involves the light pattern having navigation instructions for continued navigation in the form of a route to be selected for reaching a navigation target, in order to point a person in the direction of the navigation target after parking the vehicle.
Claims11
A method, comprising:
- projecting, at least one projector comprised by a vehicle, at least one light pattern into a vehicle environment with a fixed orientation;
- and
- determining an opening angle of a door of the vehicle,
- wherein the at least one light pattern comprises navigation instructions for continued navigation in a form of a route to be selected for reaching a navigation target, in order to point a person in a direction of the navigation target after parking the vehicle,
- wherein the at least one projector is integrated into a wing mirror of a door of the vehicle, and
- wherein an alignment of the at least one light pattern relative to the vehicle environment is adjusted to project into the vehicle environment with the fixed orientation based on the determined angle of opening of the door.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a wing mirror;
- at least one projector integrated into the wing mirror;
- a navigation device;
- and
- a computer coupled to the at least one projector and the navigation device, wherein the computer is configured to control the at least one projector to project at least one light pattern into a vehicle environment with a fixed orientation,
- wherein the at least one light pattern comprises navigation instructions for continued navigation in a form of a route to be selected for reaching a navigation target, in order to point a person in a direction of the navigation target after parking the vehicle,
- wherein the computer is configured to determine an opening angle of a door of the vehicle,
- wherein the computer is configured to control the at least one projector to adjust an alignment of the at least one light pattern relative to the vehicle environment to project the at least one light pattern into the vehicle environment with the fixed orientation based on an angle of opening of the door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.