TWO-WAY VIDEO AND 3D TRANSMISSION BETWEEN VEHICLES AND SYSTEM PLACED ON ROADSIDE
First Claim
1. A system for providing visual information to a driver of a first vehicle, comprising:
- at least one camera or sensor which is not on the first vehicle but which captures image data that includes a view of a road within a vicinity of the first vehicle;
a receiver which receives image data from the at least one camera or sensor;
a decision unit which receives the image data from receiver and which identifies information in the image data which a driver of the first vehicle needs to be informed of; and
a display unit on the first vehicle which displays information transmitted to the first vehicle in a view that displays information determined to be missing in the vehicle'"'"'s current line of sight, so that the otherwise missing information can be observed by a driver of the first vehicle.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing visual information to a driver of a first vehicle, including: at least one camera or sensor which is not on the first vehicle but which captures image data that includes a view of a road within a vicinity of the first vehicle; a decision unit which receives the image data from the camera or sensor and which identifies information in the image data which a driver of the first vehicle needs to be informed of; and a display unit on the first vehicle which displays information transmitted to the first vehicle in a view that displays information determined to be missing in the vehicle'"'"'s current line of sight, so that the otherwise missing information can be observed by a driver of the first vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing visual information to a driver of a first vehicle, comprising:
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at least one camera or sensor which is not on the first vehicle but which captures image data that includes a view of a road within a vicinity of the first vehicle; a receiver which receives image data from the at least one camera or sensor; a decision unit which receives the image data from receiver and which identifies information in the image data which a driver of the first vehicle needs to be informed of; and a display unit on the first vehicle which displays information transmitted to the first vehicle in a view that displays information determined to be missing in the vehicle'"'"'s current line of sight, so that the otherwise missing information can be observed by a driver of the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, incorporated on a system for providing visual information to a driver of a first vehicle, comprising:
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capturing from at least one camera or sensor image that is not on the first vehicle, data that includes a view of a road within a vicinity of the first vehicle; receiving, at a receiver, image data from the at least one camera or sensor; receiving, at a decision unit, the image data from the receiver, which includes a view of an area within the vicinity of the first vehicle, and determining information in the image data which the driver of the first vehicle needs to be informed of and selecting a view for displaying the determined information to a driver of the first vehicle; and displaying, at a display unit on the first vehicle, a view determined by the decision unit to include information in the image data of which a driver of the first vehicle needs to be informed. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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