DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ABOUT AN IMMINENT TAKEOVER OF MANUAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE

• US 20160236692A1
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: KLEEN, Andro, RHEDE, Johannes, MEINECKE, Marc-Michael, RICKNS, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 10,150,484 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 9/004 removably attached to the book
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/12 Lane keeping
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/16 Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 60/0053 from vehicle to occupant
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 60/0059 Estimation of the risk associated with autonomous or manual driving, e.g. situation too complex, sensor failure or driver incapacity

Abstract

A device displaying information about an imminent takeover of manual control of a vehicle. The device includes a radio receiving apparatus and a controller, and a projection unit, a vibration unit or a display. The radio receiving apparatus receives the information by radio. The projection unit projects the information by lighting of the projection unit, while the vibration unit is activated by the device in accordance with the receipt of the information. The information is displayed on the display together with additional information.

Claims

1. A device for displaying information about an imminent takeover of manual control of a vehicle,

wherein the device comprises a radio receiving apparatus, a controller and a projection unit,

wherein the radio receiving apparatus receives the information by radio, and

wherein the projection unit projects the information.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the device displays at least one item of additional information, wherein the at least one item of additional information is selected from a group comprising:

a current speed of vehicles in the area surrounding the vehicle;

a degree of density which indicates how many vehicles are located in a lane, which is adjacent to a current lane of the vehicle, per unit length;

a proportion of vehicles in the area surrounding the vehicle, in which vehicles Car2X technology is installed;

a quality of an infrastructure of a road which is currently being driven on by the vehicle with respect to the Car2X technology; and

an indication of a degree of utilization of a device of the vehicle for automatically driving the vehicle.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the radio receiving apparatus receives the information by near-field communication, Bluetooth and/or WLAN.

2. A device for displaying information about an imminent takeover of manual control of a vehicle,

wherein the device comprises a radio receiving apparatus, a controller and a vibration unit,

wherein the radio receiving apparatus receives the information by radio, and

wherein the device activates the vibration unit depending on the receipt of the information.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the device comprises a display, and wherein the device displays the information on the display.

6. The device of claim 3, wherein the display comprises organic light-emitting diodes, and/or in that the display is designed as electronic paper.

4. A device for displaying information about an imminent takeover of manual control of a vehicle,

wherein the device comprises a radio receiving apparatus, a controller and a display,

wherein the radio receiving apparatus receives the information by radio,

wherein the information includes additional information for classifying a degree of urgency of the takeover, and

wherein the device displays the information together with the additional information on the display.

8. A system for displaying information about an imminent takeover of manual control of a vehicle,

wherein the system comprises a vehicle apparatus and a device for displaying information about an imminent takeover of manual control of a vehicle, wherein the device comprises a radio receiving apparatus, a controller and a projection unit, wherein the radio receiving apparatus receives the information by radio, and wherein the projection unit projects the information,

wherein the vehicle apparatus comprises a sensor, a controller and a radio transmitting apparatus,

wherein the sensor is designed to detect objects in the area surrounding a vehicle,

wherein the vehicle apparatus automatically drives the vehicle,

wherein the vehicle apparatus detects the imminent takeover of manual control depending on results from the sensor in the state in which the vehicle is being automatically driven, and transmits the information about the imminent takeover to the device by the radio transmitting apparatus.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the system detects at least one item of additional information by the sensor and transmits said at least one item of additional information to the device as a constituent part of the information by the radio transmitting apparatus, and

wherein the at least one item of additional information is selected from a group comprising:

a current speed of vehicles in the area surrounding the vehicle,

a degree of density which indicates how many vehicles are located in a lane, which is adjacent to a current lane of the vehicle, per unit length,

a proportion of vehicles in the area surrounding the vehicle, which vehicles do not have Car2X technology installed,

a quality of an infrastructure of a road which is currently being driven on by the vehicle in respect of the Car2X technology, and

an indication of a degree of utilization of the vehicle apparatus.