Method for transmitting information to a driver of a motor vehicle, and adaptive driver assistance system

• US 10,185,392 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2016
• Issued: 01/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Mueller, Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fernandez, Benjamin Morales
• Application Number:
  US15/293,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20170108925A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/149 Instrument input by detecting viewing direction not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/182 Distributing information between displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/184 Displaying the same information on different displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/149 Input by detecting viewing direction
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1529 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/182 Distributing information between displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/184 Displaying the same information on different displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/193 for improving awareness
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/23 Head-up displays [HUD] optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/08 related to drivers or passengers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0261 in the context of movement of objects on the screen or movement of the observer relative to the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 : Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 : Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04

Abstract

A method for transmitting information to a driver of a motor vehicle, with at least two information channels being provided to transmit information, includes presenting the information via at least a first information channel for the driver, determining a perception quantity representing perception by the driver with regard to the information presented, and defining a transmission of the information via a further information channel on the basis of the perception quantity determined.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting information to a driver of a motor vehicle, with at least two information channels being provided to transmit information, the method comprising:

presenting the information via at least a first information channel for the driver, the information being presented to the driver via the first information channel as a visual presentation;

determining a perception quantity representing perception by the driver with regard to the information presented as the visual presentation, the perception quantity being determined based on a length of time a gaze of the driver stays on the visual presentation; and

presenting the information via a further information channel on the basis of the perception quantity determined, the further information channel being different than the first information channel.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first information channel is in the form of a first visual information-transmitting location.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the further information channel is implemented at least one of:

an auditory information-transmitting location, a second visual information-transmitting location, and a haptic information-transmitting location.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining that the perception quantity represents perception of the information by the driver; and

based on the determination that the perception quantity represents perception of the information by the driver, adapting a transmission of the information via the further information channel, the adapting including attenuating a presentation of the information.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the determining that the perception quantity represents the perception of the information by the driver take place when the length of time the gaze of the driver stays on the visual presentation is greater than or equal to 1 second.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining that the perception quantity represents no perception of the information by the driver; and

based on the determination that the perception quantify represents no perception of the information by the driver, adapting a transmission of the information via the further information channel, the adapting including amplifying a presentation of the information.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the following factors is taken into account in ascertaining the perception quantity:

a viewing direction of the driver, and

an action by the driver.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the perception quantity is determined with the aid of a passenger-compartment sensor system including a passenger-compartment camera.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the further information channel is an auditory information channel via which the driver is presented the information using a loudspeaker.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the further information channel is a haptic information channel via which the driver is presented the information using steering-wheel vibrations.

11. A method for controlling a driver assistance system, including transmission of information to a driver of a motor vehicle, at least two information channels being provided for transmitting information, comprising:

presenting the information via at least a first information channel for the driver, the information being presented to the driver via the first information channel as a visual presentation;

determining a perception quantity representing perception by the driver with regard to the information presented as the visual presentation, the perception quantity being determined based on a length of time a gaze of the driver stays on the visual presentation; and

presenting the information via a further information channel on the basis of the perception quantity determined, the further information channel being different than the first information channel.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the further information channel is an auditory information channel via which the driver is presented the information using a loudspeaker.

13. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the further information channel is a haptic information channel via which the driver is presented the information using steering-wheel vibrations.

14. An apparatus for transmitting information to a driver of a motor vehicle, with at least two information channels being provided to transmit information, the apparatus designed to:

present the information via at least a first information channel for the driver, the information being presented to the driver via the first information channel as a visual presentation;

determine a perception quantity representing perception by the driver with regard to the information presented as the visual presentation, the perception quantity being determined based on a length of time a gaze of the driver stays on the visual presentation; and

present the information via a further information channel on the basis of the perception quantity determined, the further information channel being different than the first information channel.

15. The apparatus as recited in claim 14, wherein the further information channel is an auditory information channel via which the driver is presented the information using a loudspeaker.

16. The apparatus as recited in claim 14, wherein the further information channel is a haptic information channel via which the driver is presented the information using steering-wheel vibrations.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, on which is stored a computer program for transmitting information to a driver of a motor vehicle, with at least two information channels being provided to transmit information, the computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:

presenting the information via at least a first information channel for the driver, the information being presented to the driver via the first information channel as a visual presentation;

determining a perception quantity representing perception by the driver with regard to the information presented as the visual presentation, the perception quantity being determined based on a length of time a gaze of the driver stays on the visual presentation; and

presenting the information via a further information channel on the basis of the perception quantity determined, the further information channel being different than the first information channel.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium as recited in claim 17, wherein the further information channel is an auditory information channel via which the driver is presented the information using a loudspeaker.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium as recited in claim 17, wherein the further information channel is a haptic information channel via which the driver is presented the information using steering-wheel vibrations.