Instrument cluster display obscuration tool
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsChristopher P. Scolaro, Joseph Smeltzer
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Abstract
A display obscuration tool for identifying one or more obscured zones within a display, such as surface areas of the display blocked from view. The tool may include a spatial detection module configured for determining a relative positioning between a display onboard a vehicle, a steering wheel or other implement onboard the vehicle, and a driver, and a gaze detection module configured for determining a field of view for the driver. The tool may further include an obscuration module configured for identifying one or more obscured zones based at least in part on the relative positioning and the field of view.
Claims20
A display obscuration tool, comprising:
- a spatial detection module configured for determining a relative positioning between an instrument cluster display, a steering wheel, and a driver of a vehicle;
- a gaze detection module configured for determining a field of view for the driver relative to the instrument cluster display;
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- an obscuration module configured for identifying one or more obscured zones within the instrument cluster display based at least in part on the relative positioning and the field of view, the obscured zones identifying surface areas of the instrument cluster display that the driver is unable to view due to the steering wheel obscuring the field of view.
A display obscuration tool, comprising:
- a spatial detection module configured for determining a relative positioning between an instrument cluster display, a steering wheel, and a driver of a vehicle;
- a gaze detection module configured for determining a field of view for the driver;
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- an obscuration module configured for identifying one or more obscured zones within the instrument cluster display based at least in part on the relative positioning and the field of view.
A method for detecting display obscuration, comprising:
- determining a display geometry for an instrument cluster display within a vehicle;
- determining a wheel geometry for a steering wheel within the vehicle;
- determining a field of view for a driver of the vehicle;
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- detecting one or more obscured zones within the instrument cluster display based at least in part on the display geometry, the wheel geometry, and the field of view, the obscured zones identifying surface areas of the instrument cluster display within the field of view blocked from driver view by the steering wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.