Method for displaying the course of a safety zone in front of a transportation vehicle or an object by a display unit, device for carrying out the method, and transportation vehicle and computer program
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAstrid KASSNER, Matthias HENNING, Norwin SCHMIDT
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Abstract
A method for displaying a safety zone in front of a transportation vehicle or object. The safety zone is shown on a display unit. The safety zone is displayed as a grid and the end of the grid that is remote from the transportation vehicle indicates the end of the safety zone at the measured speed, taking into consideration the determined driving situation.
Claims20
A method for displaying a safety zone in front of a transportation vehicle or an object with the aid of a display unit, the method comprising:
- superposing the safety zone in the field of view of the driver or of the object,
- wherein the safety zone is a grid, and
- wherein the vehicle-remote end of the grid indicates the end of the safety zone at the measured speed taking into account the captured surroundings.
An apparatus for performing a method for displaying a safety zone in front of a transportation vehicle or an object with the aid of a display unit, the apparatus comprising:
- a display unit with which virtual additional information can be superposed into the field of view of the driver or of the person operating the object;
- and
- a computation unit,
- wherein the transportation vehicle captures the speed and the surroundings of the transportation vehicle,
- wherein the computation unit calculates a grid based on the speed and the captured surroundings for displaying the safety zone, and
- wherein the vehicle-remote end of the grid indicates the end of the safety zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.