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Occupant facing vehicle display

  • US 10,140,870 B1
  • Filed: 04/04/2016
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more processors, sensor data from a sensor configured to detect objects in an external environment of a vehicle;

    identifying, by the one or more processors, a first object of a first type and a second object of a second type in the vehicle'"'"'s environment from the sensor data, the first type and the second type being different;

    generating, by the one or more processors, a representation of the first object having a first color scheme for a scene display depicting the external environment of the vehicle having a second color scheme based on the first type, wherein the representation of the first object includes a display of at least a portion of the sensor data corresponding to the object;

    generating, by the one or more processors, a representation of the second object having the second color scheme for the scene display based on the second type, wherein the representation of the second object is an abstract representation of an object;

    generating, by the one or more processors, a representation of the vehicle and a path of the vehicle;

    providing, by the one or more processors, the representation of the first object, the representation of the second object, and the representation of the vehicle and the path of the vehicle for display on an electronic display to an occupant of the vehicle in order to indicate to the occupant that the first object and the second objects are of different types and that the first object is more vulnerable to an impact with the vehicle than the second objectchanging, by the one or more processors, a color scheme of the second object from the second color scheme to the first color scheme when the second object moves in a path of the vehicle; and

    changing, by the one or more processors, a color scheme of the path of the vehicle from the first color scheme to the second color scheme when the vehicle stops or yields.

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