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US 8,947,219 B2Granted
Warning system with heads up display
AssigneeHonda Motors Co., Ltd.
InventorZeljko Popovic
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Abstract
A warning system for a motor vehicle includes a head up display. The warning system detects a remote vehicle that presents a potential hazard to a host vehicle, determines if the remote vehicle is visible to the driver and displays an image onto a combiner of the heads up display corresponding to a current location of the remote vehicle or a future location where the remote vehicle will appear on the combiner. In some cases, the combiner is a windshield or window of the motor vehicle.
Claims27
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a heads up display including a combiner;
- a driver monitoring device configured to detect information related to a line of sight of a driver;
- a remote sensing device configured to detect information related to objects in a driving environment;
- an electronic control unit in communication with the heads up display, the driver monitoring device, and the remote sensing device, the electronic control unit further including an input port for receiving information related to a position of a remote vehicle;
- a vehicle communications receiver configured to receive the information related to a position of the remote vehicle from the remote vehicle via a vehicle communications network, and the vehicle communications receiver is configured to output the information received from the remote vehicle to the electronic control unit through the input port;
- wherein the electronic control unit is configured to determine a viewing location on the combiner that corresponds to an approximate location of the remote vehicle on the combiner as viewed from the line of sight of the driver and wherein the electronic control unit is configured to determine if the remote vehicle is visible to the driver by comparing the received information related to the position of the remote vehicle with the detected information related to objects in the driving environment, while using the information related to the line of sight of a driver;
- wherein the heads up display is configured to display an image onto the combiner at the viewing location when the remote vehicle is not visible to the driver.
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A method of warning a driver in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- receiving information from a driver monitoring device;
- receiving information related to a remote vehicle that presents a potential hazard to the driver, wherein the information is received from the remote vehicle via a vehicle communication network;
- receiving information related to objects in a driving environment;
- determining if the remote vehicle is visible to the driver by comparing the information related to the remote vehicle with the information related to objects in the driving environment;
- determining a viewing location on a combiner in the motor vehicle, wherein the viewing location is in a line of sight of the driver between the driver and the remote vehicle by an electronic control unit;
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- forming an image onto the viewing location of the combiner in the motor vehicle when the remote vehicle is not visible to the driver.
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A method of warning a driver in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- receiving information from a driver monitoring device related to the driver's point of view;
- receiving information related to a remote vehicle that presents a potential hazard to the driver, wherein the information related to the remote vehicle is received from the remote vehicle via a dedicated short range communication network;
- receiving information related to objects in a driving environment;
- determining if the remote vehicle is visible to the driver by comparing the information related to the remote vehicle with the information related to objects in the driving environment;
- determining a viewing location on a combiner in the motor vehicle that corresponds to a location on the combiner where the remote vehicle will appear at a later time as viewed from the driver's point of view by determining a trajectory of the remote vehicle based on the information received from the remote vehicle by an electronic control unit;
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- forming an image onto the viewing location of the combiner in the motor vehicle.
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A method of warning a driver in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- receiving information from a driver monitoring device;
- receiving positional information associated with a remote vehicle, wherein the positional information is received from the remote vehicle via a vehicle communication network;
- receiving identification information associated with a make and model of the remote vehicle, wherein the identification information is received from the remote vehicle via a vehicle communication network;
- receiving information related to objects in a driving environment;
- determining if the remote vehicle is visible to the driver by comparing the positional information associated with the remote vehicle with the information related to objects in the driving environment;
- determining a viewing location on a combiner in the motor vehicle corresponding to the location on the combiner from the driver's point of view of the remote vehicle when the remote vehicle is visible to the driver based on the positional information received from the remote vehicle by an electronic control unit;
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- forming an image onto the viewing location of the combiner in the motor vehicle so that the image is superimposed over the remote vehicle from the driver's point of view, wherein the image indicates a type of vehicle associated with the remote vehicle based on the identification information received from the remote vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.