Interactive vehicle window display system with user identification

• US 9,340,155 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2014
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Pisz, James T., Schulz, Jason A.
• Primary Examiner(s): ABDIN, SHAHEDA A
• Application Number:
  US14/175,862
• Publication Number:
  US 20150077327A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/741 Instruments adapted for user detection
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/785 on or in relation to the windshield or windows
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1529 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/741 User detection
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/785 on or in relation to the windshield or windows
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/23 Head-up displays [HUD] optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/65 Instruments specially adapted for specific vehicle types or users, e.g. for left- or right-hand drive
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 37/00 Dashboards as road-vehicle superstructure sub-units B62D25/14
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/268 on windscreens or windows B60Q1/302 takes precedence; lighting devices for vehicle interior on or for windows B60Q3/208
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/5035 electronic displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/543 for indicating other states or conditions of the vehicle indicating taxis' state of hire or fare G07B13/045
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/545 for indicating other traffic conditions, e.g. fog, heavy traffic
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/08 Interaction between the driver and the control system
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/365 Guidance using head up displays or projectors, e.g. virtual vehicles or arrows projected on the windscreen or on the road itself
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3688 Systems comprising multiple parts or multiple output devices (not client-server), e.g. detachable faceplates, key fobs or multiple output screens
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 : Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• 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 27/01 : Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 : Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 : for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 : Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/22 : in combination with an identity check of the pass holder

Abstract

A system for a vehicle includes a user identification subsystem operable to detect a user and an interactive display subsystem operable to generate output for display on a vehicle window in response to detection of the user. A method of operating a system for a vehicle includes detecting a user of the vehicle and generating output for display on a vehicle window visible from at least one of outside and inside the vehicle in response to detection of the user.

Claims

1. A system for a vehicle, comprising:

a user identification subsystem configured to

pre-authenticate, based on a first authentication factor, a user approaching the vehicle when the user is located at a first distance from the vehicle; and

authenticate, based on a second authentication factor that differs from the first authentication factor, the user when the user is located at a second distance from the vehicle, the second distance being less than the first distance; and

an interactive display subsystem configured to generate a first output for display on a vehicle window in response to the pre-authentication and to generate a second output for display on the vehicle window in response to the authentication, the second output based at least in part on personal information stored in a user profile, the personal information comprising at least one of;

personal identification information, destination information, and personal calendar information.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the interactive display subsystem includes a projector operable to project the output toward the vehicle window, the vehicle window being a driver side passenger window.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the output includes a visual representation of at least one of a landing page, a route page, a calendar page, a weather page, a vehicle status page, and a to-do page.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the output includes a visual representation of a plurality of pages, each one of the plurality of pages selectable through a user input subsystem after detection of the user by the user identification subsystem.

5. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein each one of the plurality of pages is selectable through a key fob in communication with the user input subsystem.

6. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein each one of the plurality of pages is selectable through a gesture identified by the user input subsystem.

7. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the user identification subsystem includes an identification sensor to provide a field of view external or internal to the vehicle.

8. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the interactive display subsystem comprises an interactive window display.

9. The system as recited in claim 8, further comprising a user input subsystem in communication with the interactive window display.

10. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein the user input subsystem includes a key fob.

11. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said user identification subsystem includes at least one user profile, the user profile including personal interest information related to the interests of the user.

12. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the user identification subsystem is further operable to identify the user and match the user to a user profile.

13. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the user identification subsystem is further operable, upon identification and match of a user to a user profile, to regulate content of the output displayed on the vehicle window according to the personal interest information contained in the matched user profile.

14. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the user identification subsystem is further operable to match the user to a user profile in response to a skeletal joint ratio of the user.

15. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the user identification subsystem is further operable to match the user to a user profile in response to a gesture performed by the user.

16. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the user identification subsystem is further operable to match the user to a user profile in response to information received from a key fob.

17. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the user is detected outside the vehicle and the display is viewable from outside the vehicle.

18. A method of operating a system for a vehicle, comprising:

pre-authenticating, based on a first authentication factor, a user approaching the vehicle when the user is located at a first distance from the vehicle;

generating a first output for display on a vehicle window in response to the preauthentication,

the first output configured to be visible from the first distance;

authenticating, based on a second authentication factor that differs from the first authentication factor, the user when the user is located at a second distance from the vehicle, the second distance being less than the first distance;

matching the user to a user profile containing personal information specific to the user, the personal information comprising at least one of;

personal identification information, destination information, and personal calendar information; and

generating a second output for display on the vehicle window in response to the authentication, the second output configured to be visible from the second distance.

19. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the second output is based, at least in part, on personal information in the matched user profile.

20. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein at least one of the first output and the second output includes a plurality of pages selectable through a key fob.

21. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein at least one of the first output and the second output includes a plurality of pages selectable through a gesture by the user.

22. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the first authentication factor includes information received from a key fob.

23. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the second authentication factor includes a skeletal joint ratio of the user.

24. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the first distance is about 30 to about 40 feet from the vehicle, and the second distance is about 15 to about 25 feet from the vehicle.

25. A system for a vehicle, comprising:

a user identification subsystem configured to;

pre-authenticate, based on a first authentication factor, a user approaching the vehicle when the user is located at a first distance from the vehicle; and

authenticate, based on a second authentication factor that differs from the first authentication factor, the user when the user is located at a second distance from the vehicle, the second distance being less than the first distance; and

an interactive display subsystem configured to generate a first output for display on a vehicle window in response to the pre-authentication and to generate a second output for display on the vehicle window in response to the authentication, the second output based at least in part on personal information obtained from a personal electronic device of the user, the personal information comprising at least one of;

personal identification information, destination information, and personal calendar information.