Hud park assist
AssigneePanasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
InventorsEDO OMANOVIC, ROBERT NAPIER
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Abstract
A head up display arrangement is for a motor vehicle having a human driver. The arrangement includes a camera positioned and configured to capture images of a space in front of the vehicle. At least a portion of the space is blocked from view of the driver by a part of the vehicle. A head up display module produces virtual images that are visible to the driver. The virtual images are based on the images captured by the camera.
Claims20
A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle having a human driver, comprising:
- a camera positioned to capture images of a space in front of the vehicle, at least a portion of the space being blocked from view of the driver by a part of the vehicle;
- a collision sensor intended to detect whether there is an obstacle in the space;
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- a head up display intended for producing virtual images that are visible to the driver only if:
- the collision sensor detects that there is an obstacle in the space;
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- a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle is possible due to a velocity of the vehicle, the virtual images being based on the images captured by the camera.
A head up display method for a motor vehicle having a driver, said method comprising:
- capturing images of a space in front of the vehicle, at least a portion of the space being blocked from view of the driver by a part of the vehicle;
- detecting that there is an obstacle in the space;
- in response to the detecting step, presenting virtual images to the driver, the virtual images being based on the captured images;
- detecting a position of an eye of the driver;
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- modifying a field of view of a camera capturing the images of the space in front of the vehicle, the modifying being based upon the detected position of the eye of the driver.
A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle having a human driver, comprising:
- a camera positioned and configured to capture images of a space in front of the vehicle, the space being blocked from view of the driver by a hood of the vehicle;
- a collision sensor configured to detect a state wherein a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle that is disposed within the space could potentially occur, the obstacle being blocked from view of the driver by the hood of the vehicle;
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- a head up display configured to operate in either a first mode or a second mode, in the first mode the head up display producing first virtual images that are visible to the driver, the first virtual images being independent of the images captured by the camera, in the second mode the head up display producing second virtual images that are visible to the driver, the second virtual images being dependent upon the images captured by the camera, the second virtual images being below a hood line of the motor vehicle as viewed by the driver, the head up display being configured to switch from the first mode to the second mode in response to receiving a signal from the collision sensor indicative of a state wherein a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle that is disposed within the space could potentially occur, wherein the second virtual images are substantially aligned with an eye of the driver and the obstacle that is disposed within the space that is blocked from view of the driver by the hood of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.