Hand Control Image For Replication
First Claim
1. A hand replication system for vehicles comprising:
- a control input device;
a display located remotely from said control input device and displaying an image of said control input device;
an optical input device directed to and optically focused approximately on said control input device and capturing an actual image and providing said actual image output to said processor; and
a processor in electronic communication with said control input device and an optical input device.
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Abstract
A system and method for a display in the gaze-forward position of a vehicle operator, showing hand position relative to various control inputs or hand positions relative to a control surface. The hand replication system includes a control input device, a display displaying an image of the control input device, an optical input device directed to capturing an actual image of the control input device and providing the actual image output to one of a display or a processor. The method of providing an image of an operators hand relative to a control panel within the line of sight of the vehicle operator includes the steps of providing a display, providing an optical input device, obtaining an actual image of the control panel with the optical input device, and providing the actual image of the control panel to the display.
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22 Claims
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1. A hand replication system for vehicles comprising:
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a control input device; a display located remotely from said control input device and displaying an image of said control input device; an optical input device directed to and optically focused approximately on said control input device and capturing an actual image and providing said actual image output to said processor; and a processor in electronic communication with said control input device and an optical input device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A vehicle comprising:
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an instrument panel including a display in the line of sight of the vehicle operator; a control input located out of the line of sight of the vehicle operator; and an optical input device in electronic communication with said display and directed at said control input for displaying said control input on said display. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of providing an image of an operators hand relative to a control panel within the line of sight of the vehicle operator comprising:
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providing a display; providing an optical input device; obtaining an actual image of the control panel with the optical input device; providing the actual image of the control panel to the display. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing an image of an operators hand relative to a control panel within the line of sight of the vehicle operator comprising:
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providing a display; providing an optical input device; providing a processor; obtaining an actual image of the control panel with the optical input device; providing the actual image of the control panel to the processor; providing an unobstructed image of the control panel to the processor; blending the actual image with the unobstructed image with the processor to create a blended imager; and providing the blended image to the processor. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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