Alert systems and methods using a transparent display
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorRaymond J. Kiefer
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for alerting a driver of a vehicle having a transparent conformal display unit. In one embodiment, a method includes: detecting that an object is located in proximity to the vehicle based on sensor data; determining at least one of a time and a distance associated with the detected object based on vehicle conditions; generating an image that illustrates the at least one of time and distance based on vehicle conditions; and selectively generating a display signal to display the image on a transparent display of the vehicle through the transparent conformal display unit.
Claims17
A method of alerting a driver of an automobile having a transparent conformal display unit, the method comprising:
- detecting that an object is located in proximity to the automobile based on sensor data;
- determining at least one of a time and a horizontal distance associated with the detected object based on vehicle conditions;
- generating an image where the imagery of the image illustrates the at least one of time and horizontal distance based on vehicle conditions;
- selectively generating an alert display signal and a warning display signal to display the image on a transparent display of the automobile through the transparent conformal display unit, and
- wherein the selectively generating the alert display signal and the warning display signal comprises generating the alert display signal based on a range associated
- with a selected option and generating the warning display signal based on an option that is not selected.
A method of alerting a driver of an automobile having a transparent conformal display unit, the method comprising:
- detecting that an object is located in proximity to the automobile based on sensor data;
- and
- in response to the object being detected, generating a conformal image based on vehicle conditions, and selectively generating an alert display signal and a warning display signal to display the image on a transparent display of the automobile through the transparent conformal display unit, and wherein the selectively generating the alert display signal and the warning display signal comprises generating the alert display signal based on a range associated with a selected option and generating the warning display signal based on an option that is not selected.
A system for alerting a driver of an automobile, the system comprising:
- a transparent conformal display unit;
- and
- a control module that detects an object in proximity to the automobile, that determines at least one of a time and a horizontal distance associated with the detected object based on vehicle conditions, that generates a conformal image where the imagery of the image illustrates the at least one of time and horizontal distance based on vehicle conditions, and that selectively an alert display signal and a warning display signal to display the image on a transparent display of the automobile through the transparent conformal display unit, and
- wherein the control module selectively generates the alert display signal and the warning display signal by generating the alert display signal based on a range associated with a selected option and generating the warning display signal based on an option that is not selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.