Method for displaying a vehicle driving space

• US 20060080005A1
• Filed: 09/30/2005
• Published: 04/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Rossmeier, Markus, Lee, Wei-Chia
• Application Number:
  US11/240,488
• Publication Number:
  US 20060080005A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/22 for reverse drive
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/028 Guided parking by providing commands to the driver, e.g. acoustically or optically
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9314 Parking operations
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/16 Anti-collision systems road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/165 for passive traffic, e.g. including static obstacles, trees
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/168 Driving aids for parking, e.g. acoustic or visual feedback on parking space

Abstract

A method for displaying a vehicle driving space, the vehicle driving space being depicted in perspective or in three dimensions, and a driving direction to be taken by the vehicle being displayed by way of a variation of the lighting conditions in the depiction.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a driving space of a vehicle, comprising:

depicting the vehicle driving space in at least one of (a) perspective and (b) three dimensions; and

displaying at least one of (c) a current vehicle driving direction and (d) a driving direction to be taken by the vehicle by way of a variation of lighting conditions in the depiction of the vehicle driving space.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the direction in which the vehicle is to travel is depicted as brighter than a surrounding area.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising sensing distances to obstacles by way of surrounding-area sensors, and wherein the depiction of the vehicle driving space is determined from the distances to the obstacles that are sensed.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising sensing vehicle surroundings via a camera in order to depict the vehicle driving space.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising calculating a modification of the lighting conditions and superimposing the modification onto the depiction of the vehicle driving space that is sensed by the camera.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising activating light sources situated on the vehicle in such a way that the lighting conditions in a camera image of the vehicle driving space are varied.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising emitting infrared light by the light sources for illumination of the vehicle driving space.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying a target position of the vehicle in the depiction of the driving space.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising identifying obstacles in the depiction by symbols.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is used for a parking assistance system of a motor vehicle.