US 12,590,810 B2 · Navigation assistance system for vehicles and a method thereof

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a technique for providing navigation assistance to both the driver as well as other vehicle occupants of the vehicle. The technique recites acquiring a placement information for a plurality of light sources and haptic sensors inside the vehicle such as to attract the attention of the driver only in the peripheral vision, without any requirement to take the eyes off the road. It also discloses a navigation unit and an ambient light sensing module configured to provide navigation information and the ambient light information respectively to the control unit. The control unit in turn processes this received information and control the functioning of both the light sources as well as the haptic sensors in order to update the driver and passengers about the upcoming navigation events.

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Dependent claims

A navigation assistance system for a vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of light sources placed at one or more inner peripheral surfaces of the vehicle to illuminate in a pre-defined pattern;
a plurality of haptic sensors placed on a steering wheel of the vehicle to generate haptic feedback, in a predefined pattern;
a navigation unit configured to generate navigation information pertaining to one or more navigation related events;
an ambient light sensing module configured to measure light conditions of an environment of the vehicle to generate ambient light information;
and
a control unit communicatively coupled to the plurality of light sources, the plurality of haptic sensors, the ambient light sensing module and the navigation unit, the control unit is configured to:
receive the navigation information and the ambient light information;
and
process the received navigation information and the ambient light information;
and
control functioning of at least one of the plurality of light sources and at least one of the plurality of haptic sensors, based on the processed information.

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A method for providing navigation assistance in a vehicle, the method comprising:

acquiring placement information for a plurality of light sources placed at one or more inner peripheral surfaces of the vehicle to illuminate in a pre-defined pattern and a plurality of haptic sensors placed on a steering wheel of the vehicle to generate haptic feedback in a pre-defined pattern;
generating, by a navigation unit, a navigation information, pertaining to one or more navigation related events;
measuring, by an ambient light sensing module, light conditions of an environment of the vehicle for generating ambient light information;
receiving the navigation information and the ambient light information;
processing the received navigation information and the ambient light information;
and
controlling functions of at least one of the plurality of light sources and the plurality of haptic sensors using the acquired placement information, based on the processed information.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for providing navigation assistance in a vehicle, the computer-executable instructions configured for:

acquiring placement information for a plurality of light sources placed at one or more inner peripheral surfaces of the vehicle to illuminate in a pre-defined pattern and a plurality of haptic sensors placed on a steering wheel of the vehicle to generate haptic feedback in a pre-defined pattern;
generating, by a navigation unit, a navigation information, pertaining to one or more navigation related events;
measuring, by an ambient light sensing module, light conditions of an environment of the vehicle for generating ambient light information;
receiving the navigation information and the ambient light information;
processing the received navigation information and the ambient light information;
and
controlling functions of at least one of the plurality of light sources and the plurality of haptic sensors using the acquired placement information, based on the processed information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Navigation assistance system for vehicles and a method thereof

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Navigation assistance system for vehicles and a method thereof

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