Using automobile driver attention focus area to share traffic intersection status
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsGautam K. Bhat, Gregory J. Boss, Kevin C. McConnell, Minh Q. Pham
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Abstract
Systems and methods for alerting a driver to a status of a traffic signal are disclosed. A computer-implemented method includes: detecting, by a computing device, that a vehicle is stopped at an intersection with a traffic signal; determining, by the computing device, an attention focus area of a driver of the vehicle; determining, by the computing device, a target display device based on the determined attention focus area; and causing, by the computing device, the determined target display device to display information to alert the driver of a status of the traffic signal.
Claims16
A computer-implemented method for alerting a driver to a status of a traffic signal, comprising:
- detecting, by a computing device, that a vehicle is stopped at an intersection with a traffic signal;
- determining, by the computing device, an attention focus area of a driver of the vehicle;
- determining, by the computing device, a target display device based on the determined attention focus area;
- and
- causing, by the computing device, the determined target display device to display a background color the same as a color of a light illuminated at the traffic signal.
A computer-implemented method for alerting a driver to a status of a traffic signal, comprising:
- detecting, by a computing device, that a vehicle is stopped at an intersection with a traffic signal;
- determining, by the computing device, an attention focus area of a driver of the vehicle;
- determining, by the computing device, a target display device based on the determined attention focus area;
- receiving, by the computing device, a status signal from a traffic signal system associated with the traffic signal;
- and
- causing, by the computing device and based on the received status signal, the determined target display device to display a traffic signal icon that displays a color that is the same as a color of a light illuminated at the traffic signal.
A computer-implemented method for alerting a driver to a status of a traffic signal, comprising:
- detecting, by a computing device, that a vehicle is stopped at an intersection with a traffic signal;
- determining, by the computing device, an attention focus area of a driver of the vehicle;
- determining, by the computing device, a target display device based on the determined attention focus area;
- receiving, by the computing device, a status signal from a traffic signal system associated with the traffic signal;
- and
- causing, by the computing device and based on the received status signal, the determined target display device to display directional icons having colors that correspond to colors of lights of the traffic signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.