Projected rear passenger entertainment system
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsThomas A. Seder, Roy J. Mathieu, Joseph F. Szczerba, Omer Tsimhoni
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Abstract
A method for augmenting a graphic displayed on a surface inside of a vehicle using a rear seat entertainment projection (RSEP) system includes generating the graphic for display on the surface inside the vehicle. When the graphic is displayed on the surface, an input that causes a reaction to the graphic displayed upon the surface is obtained, and the graphic displayed on the surface is augmented based on the reaction to the graphic.
Claims20
Method for augmenting a graphic displayed on a surface inside of a vehicle using a rear seat entertainment projection (RSEP) system, comprising:
- generating, at a processing device of the RSEP system, the graphic for display on the surface inside the vehicle;
- when the graphic is displayed on the surface:
- obtaining, at the processing device, an input that causes a reaction by the graphic displayed on the surface;
- and
- augmenting the graphic displayed on the surface based on the reaction by the graphic.
Apparatus for augmenting a graphic displayed on a surface inside of a vehicle using a rear seat entertainment projection (RSEP) system manager, comprising:
- a graphic generation module for generating the graphic for display on the surface;
- a graphic augmentation module for obtaining an input that causes a reaction by the graphic displayed upon the surface and augments the graphic based on the reaction by the graphic;
- and
- a graphic projection system for displaying the generated graphic and the augmented graphic on the surface inside the vehicle, the surface inside the vehicle including at least one of a side window, a door surface, a pillar, a seat back, a headliner, a sunroof, a floor, a substantially transparent display and an emissive display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.