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US 2021/0233399 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for messaging coordination
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsNithya Somanath, Shiqi Qiu, Arun Dutta, Bhagyashri S. Katti, Matthew R. Goulet, Nicholas Alexander Scheufler
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Abstract
A vehicle includes one or more vehicle-exterior displays and a processor. The vehicle receives indication of a second proximate vehicle, the indication including viewing preferences for an occupant of the second proximate vehicle. The vehicle selects content for display on at least one of the vehicle-exterior displays and selects at least one display having an exterior orientation determined to be viewable based on a heading of the second proximate vehicle. The vehicle then displays the selected content on the selected display.
Claims25
A vehicle comprising:
- one or more vehicle-exterior displays;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive indication of a second proximate vehicle, the indication including viewing preferences for an occupant of the second proximate vehicle;
- select content for display on at least one of the vehicle-exterior displays;
- select at least one display having an exterior orientation determined to be viewable based on a heading of the second proximate vehicle;
- and
- display the selected content on the selected at least one display.
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A vehicle comprising:
- one or more vehicle-exterior displays;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive indication of a second proximate vehicle, the indication including viewing preferences for an occupant of the second proximate vehicle;
- select content for display on at least one of the vehicle-exterior displays, wherein the content is selected to reflect an emergency notification received by the processor from a remote server;
- select at least one display having an exterior orientation determined to be viewable based on a heading of the second proximate vehicle, wherein the processor is configured to select all of the vehicle-exterior displays for displaying content, responsive to the content reflecting an emergency notification;
- and
- display the selected content on the selected at least one display.
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A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive location information from a plurality of vehicles, indicating a present vehicle location for each vehicle;
- determine that a predetermined vehicle density is exceeded for a predetermined locality based on the location information;
- responsive to the density being exceeded, select a plurality of entities, each including at least one display viewable from a traveling vehicle that is within the locality and that is not one of the entities;
- responsive to the density being exceeded, select content for display on a plurality of entity displays, wherein each entity of the plurality of entities displays a coordinated portion of a message that is cohesively displayed by the entities acting in concert;
- and
- send portions of the selected content to each of the entities of the plurality of entities, along with display instructions for timing of content display at each of the entities.
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A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive location information from a plurality of vehicles, indicating a present vehicle location for each vehicle;
- determine that an emergency exists for broadcast to a first locality within which one or more of the plurality of vehicles is currently located;
- select a plurality of vehicles within the locality, as indicated by the location information, each of the plurality of vehicles having be predesignated as including at least one outward facing display;
- and
- send an emergency message, relating to the emergency, to each selected vehicle, including instructions to display the emergency message on the outward facing display.
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A vehicle comprising:
- one or more vehicle-exterior displays, including at least one side-window display;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive indication of a second proximate vehicle, the indication including viewing preferences for an occupant of the second proximate vehicle;
- select content for display on at least one of the vehicle-exterior displays;
- select at least one display having an exterior orientation determined to be viewable based on a heading of the second proximate vehicle, including at least selecting at least one of the at least one side-window displays when the heading of the second proximate vehicle indicates that the second vehicle provides a view of at least one side-window of the vehicle for which the side-window display is selected;
- and
- display the selected content on the selected at least one display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.