SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES ON A VEHICLE INSTRUMENT CONSOLE

• US 20150116197A1
• Filed: 10/24/2013
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Hamelink, Lawrence Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/062,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20150116197A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/149 Instrument input by detecting viewing direction not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/18 Information management
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/66 Projection screens or combiners
• 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 35/211 producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/23 Head-up displays [HUD] optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01
• 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: B60K 35/654 the user being the driver
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0134 of stereoscopic type
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/597 Recognising the driver's state or behaviour, e.g. attention or drowsiness
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 : Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/003 : to produce spatial visual effects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/373 : for modifying the size of the graphic pattern
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/383 : for tracking with gaze detection, i.e. detecting the lines of sight of the viewer's eyes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 : located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 : Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 : Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 : involving special video data, e.g 3D video

Abstract

A system includes a gaze tracker configured to provide gaze data corresponding to a direction that an operator is looking. One or more processors are configured to analyze the gaze data to determine whether a display is in a central vision of the operator or whether the display is in a peripheral vision of the operator. The processors are further configured to provide a first type of image data to the display if the display is in the central vision and a second type of image data to the display if the display is in the peripheral vision. The first type of image data includes first three-dimensional (3D) image data that produces a first 3D image when the display is within the central vision. The second type of image data includes second 3D image data that produces a second 3D image when the display is within the peripheral vision.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a gaze tracker configured to provide gaze data corresponding to a direction that an operator is looking; and

one or more processors configured to analyze the gaze data to determine whether a display is in a central vision of the operator or whether the display is in a peripheral vision of the operator, to provide a first type of image data to the display if the display is in the central vision of the operator, and to provide a second type of image data to the display if the display is in the peripheral vision of the operator, wherein the first type of image data comprises first three-dimensional (3D) image data that produces a first 3D image when the display is within the central vision of the operator, and the second type of image data comprises second 3D image data that produces a second 3D image when the display is within the peripheral vision of the operator.

2. The system of claim 1, comprising the display.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the display is mounted in an instrument console.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the display is part of a heads-up display.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second 3D images are viewable without 3D glasses.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein a first graphic of the first 3D image is a smaller representation of a second graphic of the second 3D image.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the second 3D image comprises a subset of graphics from the first 3D image.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the second 3D image is produced by displaying a first image and a second image on the display, wherein the first and second images are offset from one another, the first image is configured to be viewed by a left eye of the operator, the second image is configured to be viewed by a right eye of the operator, and the first and second images converge to produce a single image in the peripheral vision of the operator.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the second 3D image comprises at least one of a speed, a gas level, a seat belt indicator, an airbag indicator, an engine coolant temperature indicator, a revolution per minute, or any combination thereof.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein analyzing the gaze data comprises analyzing the gaze data with respect to a location of the gaze tracker relative to the operator.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the gaze tracker is mounted to the display, a steering column, an instrument console, a frame, a visor, a rear-view mirror, a door, or some combination thereof.

12. A non-transitory machine readable computer media comprising computer instructions configured to:

receive gaze data;

analyze the gaze data to determine whether a display is in a central vision of an operator or whether the display is in a peripheral vision of the operator; and

provide a first type of image data to the display if the display is in the central vision of the operator, and provide a second type of image data to the display if the display is in the peripheral vision of the operator, wherein the first type of image data comprises first three-dimensional (3D) image data that produces a first 3D image when the display is within the central vision of the operator, and the second type of image data comprises second 3D image data that produces a second 3D image when the display is within the peripheral vision of the operator.

13. The non-transitory machine readable computer media of claim 12, wherein the gaze data corresponds to a direction than the operator is looking.

14. The non-transitory machine readable computer media of claim 13, wherein the computer instructions are configured to analyze the gaze data with respect to a location of a gaze tracker relative to the operator.

15. The non-transitory machine readable computer media of claim 12, wherein a first graphic of the first 3D image is a smaller representation of a second graphic of the second 3D image.

16. The non-transitory machine readable computer media of claim 12, wherein the second 3D image comprises a subset of graphics from the first 3D image.

17. The non-transitory machine readable computer media of claim 12, wherein the second 3D image is produced by displaying a first image and a second image on the display, wherein the first and second images are offset from one another, the first image is configured to be viewed by a left eye of the operator, the second image is configured to be viewed by a right eye of the operator, and the first and second images converge to produce a single image in the peripheral vision of the operator.

18. The non-transitory machine readable computer media of claim 12, wherein the first and second 3D images are viewable without 3D glasses.

19. A method comprising:

receiving gaze data by one or more processors;

analyzing the gaze data using the one or more processors to determine whether a display is in a central vision of an operator or whether the display is in a peripheral vision of the operator; and

providing, using the one or more processors, a first type of image data to the display if the display is in the central vision of the operator, and providing a second type of image data to the display if the display is in the peripheral vision of the operator, wherein the first type of image data comprises first three-dimensional (3D) image data that produces a first 3D image when the display is within the central vision of the operator, and the second type of image data comprises second 3D image data that produces a second 3D image when the display is within the peripheral vision of the operator.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein a first graphic of the first 3D image is a smaller representation of a second graphic of the second 3D image.