Systems and methods for enhanced vehicle visualization

A method comprising:

• determining an interaction zone associated with a vehicle;
• determining that a person in a vicinity of the vehicle is likely to be present within the interaction zone in a near future;
• determining that the person is currently preoccupied;
• determining, by monitoring the person's behavior over time using data from one or more sensors of the vehicle, a level of preoccupation of the person;
• determining environmental conditions in the vicinity of the vehicle;
• generating an alert based on the environmental conditions and the person being preoccupied;
• and
• outputting the alert in a direction toward the person, wherein outputting the alert comprises outputting directional audio using beamforming or a directed light beam toward the person.

A vehicle comprising:

• one or more sensors;
• an interaction prediction and analysis unit including a controller and coupled to the one or more sensors;
• an alert generation and output unit coupled to the interaction prediction and analysis unit;
• and
• a memory device coupled to the controller and storing instructions that, when executed by the controller, causes the controller to:
• determine, using the one or more sensors, a presence of a person in an environment around the vehicle;
• determine, based on a trajectory of the person, that the person is likely to be present within an interaction zone of the vehicle;
• determine, by monitoring the person's behavior over time using data from the one or more sensors, a level of preoccupation of the person;
• determine that the level of preoccupation exceeds a threshold;
• and
• cause the alert generation and output unit to output an alert in a direction toward the person, wherein the alert comprises directional audio using beamforming or a directed light beam directed toward the person.