Augmented reality vehicle systems with head-up display modules having variable image plane capabilities to provide virtual fiducials for trajectory guidance

An augmented reality head-up display system for displaying graphics on a windshield of a vehicle, the augmented reality head-up display system comprising:

• one or more sensors configured to detect data indicative of parameters external to the vehicle;
• a memory circuit;
• a head-up display module having a variable image plane capability;
• an audio output module;
• and
• a control module in communication with the one or more sensors, the memory circuit, the audio output module, and the head-up display module, the control module configured to:
• generate a coordinate system for a desired location of the vehicle with respect to an object, the coordinate system including one or more fiducials specific to the one or more sensors and location data corresponding to each fiducial;
• store the one or more fiducials and the location data corresponding to each fiducial in the memory circuit;
• detect the vehicle approaching the object based on data from the one or more sensors;
• in response to the vehicle being within a defined distance threshold of the object, control the head-up display module to project a virtual object at a location in space based on the one or more fiducials, the corresponding location data, and data from the one or more sensors, and dynamically change the virtual object as the vehicle moves relative to the desired location to provide trajectory guidance for a driver of the vehicle to guide the vehicle to the desired location;
• and
• control the audio output module to output an audible alert corresponding to the change in the virtual object.

A method for displaying an augmented reality displaying graphics on a windshield of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• generating a coordinate system for a desired location of the vehicle with respect to an object, the coordinate system including one or more fiducials specific to one or more sensors of the vehicle and location data corresponding to each fiducial;
• detecting the vehicle approaching the object based on data from the one or more sensors;
• and
• in response to the vehicle being within a defined distance threshold of the object, controlling a head-up display module of the vehicle to project a virtual object at a location in space based on the one or more fiducials, the corresponding location data, and data from the one or more sensors, and dynamically change the virtual object as the vehicle moves relative to the desired location to provide trajectory guidance for a driver of the vehicle to guide the vehicle to the desired location.