Vehicle system and method for providing information regarding an external item a driver is focusing on
First Claim
1. A system for providing information to a driver of a vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle comprising an image-capture device, a head or eye-gaze tracker, at least one processor, and an output device;
the head or eye-gaze tracker to determine an area a driver of the vehicle is viewing;
the image-capture device to capture only the area the driver of the vehicle is viewing based on data from the head or eye-gaze tracker;
the at least one processor programmed to control the head or eye-gaze tracker and the image-capture device, to process the captured area, and at least one of;
(1) translate language contained in the captured area the driver is viewing to a second language;
or (2) determine point-of-interest information based on the captured area the driver is viewing; and
the output device to output information comprising at least one of;
(1) the second language comprising the translated language of the captured area the driver is viewing;
or (2) the determined point-of-interest information based on the captured area the driver is viewing.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system and method for providing information to a driver of a vehicle includes: an image-capture device; a head or eye-gaze tracker; at least one processor; and an output device. The image-capture device captures an image of an environment external to a vehicle. The head or eye-gaze tracker determines an item a driver of the vehicle is viewing. The at least one processor processes the captured image. The at least one processor also translates language contained in the captured image of the item the driver is viewing to a second language, or determines point-of-interest information based on the captured image of the item the driver is viewing. The output device outputs information containing the second translated language of the captured image of the item the driver is viewing, or containing the determined point-of-interest information based on the captured image of the item the driver is viewing.
-
Citations
28 Claims
-
1. A system for providing information to a driver of a vehicle comprising:
-
a vehicle comprising an image-capture device, a head or eye-gaze tracker, at least one processor, and an output device; the head or eye-gaze tracker to determine an area a driver of the vehicle is viewing; the image-capture device to capture only the area the driver of the vehicle is viewing based on data from the head or eye-gaze tracker; the at least one processor programmed to control the head or eye-gaze tracker and the image-capture device, to process the captured area, and at least one of;
(1) translate language contained in the captured area the driver is viewing to a second language;
or (2) determine point-of-interest information based on the captured area the driver is viewing; andthe output device to output information comprising at least one of;
(1) the second language comprising the translated language of the captured area the driver is viewing;
or (2) the determined point-of-interest information based on the captured area the driver is viewing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
-
11. A method for providing information to a driver of a vehicle comprising:
-
determining with a head or eye-gaze tracker of the vehicle an area a driver of the vehicle is viewing; capturing only the area the driver is viewing with an image capture device of the vehicle; processing the captured area with at least one processor of the vehicle and at least one of;
(1) translating language contained in the captured area the driver is viewing to a second language;
or (2) determining point-of-interest information based on the captured area the driver is viewing; andoutputting, with an output device of the vehicle, information comprising at least one of;
(1) the second language comprising the translated language of the captured area the driver is viewing;
or (2) the determined point-of-interest information based on the captured area the driver is viewing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28)
-
Specification