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US 12,600,376 B2Granted
Terrain adjusted tire path display
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsMichael A. M. Bork, Nicholas A Durham
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Abstract
A method for displaying travel path graphics in a vehicle includes determining a slope of the ground ahead of a vehicle, determining a steering angle of the vehicle, and providing a travel path graphic on a display of the vehicle. The travel path graphic is provided as a function of the steering angle and the slope of the ground ahead of the vehicle.
Claims15
A method for displaying travel path graphics in a vehicle, comprising:
- determining a slope of the ground ahead of a vehicle;
- determining a steering angle of the vehicle;
- determining a viewing angle of a driver of the vehicle;
- and
- providing a travel path graphic on a display of the vehicle, wherein the travel path graphic is provided as a function of the steering angle and the slope of the ground ahead of the vehicle, and wherein the display is a heads-up display provided on or near a vehicle windshield and wherein the position of the travel path graphic on the display is adjusted as a function of the viewing angle.
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A system used to display travel path graphics in a vehicle, comprising:
- one or more vehicle sensors;
- a control system in communication with the one or more vehicle sensors, and having a processor and memory with programming to:
- determine a slope of the ground ahead of a vehicle;
- determine a steering angle of the vehicle;
- and
- provide a travel path graphic on a display of the vehicle, wherein the travel path graphic is provided as a function of the steering angle and the slope of the ground ahead of the vehicle, and wherein the travel path graphic has a different shape if the ground ahead is determined to be uphill, downhill or level, wherein the display is a heads-up display that is provided at least in part on a windshield of the vehicle, and wherein a driver sensor, and a location of the travel path graphic relative on the heads-up display is adjusted as a function of the viewing angle.
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A method for displaying travel path graphics in a vehicle, comprising:
- determining a slope of the ground ahead of a vehicle;
- determining a steering angle of the vehicle;
- and
- providing a travel path graphic on a display of the vehicle, wherein the travel path graphic is provided as a function of the steering angle and the slope of the ground ahead of the vehicle, and the travel path graphic has a different shape if the ground ahead is determined to be inclined than if the ground ahead is determined to be level, the travel path graphic includes lines that represent a determined path of two wheels of the vehicle, and wherein one or more of:
- a) the lines converge at a constant angle if the ground ahead is determined to be level;
- b) the lines have an increased angle of convergence lower on the display than higher on the display if the ground ahead is determined to be inclined;
- and c) the lines have a decreased angle of convergence lower on the display than higher on the display if the ground ahead is determined to slope downwardly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.