Warning System With Heads Up Display
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorZeljko Popovic
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Abstract
A warning system for a motor vehicle includes a head up display. The warning system detects a remote vehicle that presents a potential hazard to a host vehicle, determines if the remote vehicle is visible to the driver and displays an image onto a combiner of the heads up display corresponding to a current location of the remote vehicle or a future location where the remote vehicle will appear on the combiner. In some cases, the combiner is a windshield or window of the motor vehicle.
Claims25
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a heads up display including a combiner;
- a driver monitoring device capable of detecting information related to the line of sight of a driver;
- an electronic control unit in communication with the heads up display and the driver monitoring device, the electronic control unit further including an input port for receiving information about a remote vehicle;
- wherein the electronic control unit is capable of determining a viewing location on the combiner associated with the remote vehicle and wherein the electronic control unit is capable of determining if the remote vehicle is visible to the driver;
- and
- wherein the heads up display is configured to display an image onto the combiner at the viewing location when the remote vehicle is not visible to the driver.
A method of warning a driver in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- receiving information from a driver monitoring device;
- receiving information related to a remote vehicle that presents a potential hazard to the driver;
- determining if the remote vehicle is visible to the driver;
- determining a viewing location on a combiner in the motor vehicle;
- and
- forming an image onto the viewing location of the combiner in the motor vehicle when the remote vehicle is not visible to the driver.
A method of warning a driver in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- receiving information from a driver monitoring device;
- receiving information related to a remote vehicle that presents a potential hazard to the driver;
- determining if the remote vehicle is visible to the driver;
- determining a viewing location on a combiner in the motor vehicle that corresponds to a location where the remote vehicle will appear at a later time;
- and
- forming an image onto the viewing location of the combiner in the motor vehicle.
A method of warning a driver in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- receiving information from a driver monitoring device;
- receiving information related to a remote vehicle;
- determining if the remote vehicle is visible to the driver;
- determining a viewing location on a combiner in the motor vehicle corresponding to the location of the remote vehicle when the remote vehicle is visible to the driver;
- and
- forming an image onto the viewing location of the combiner in the motor vehicle so that the image is superimposed over the remote vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.