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Safety system for augmenting roadway objects on a heads-up display

  • US 9,472,023 B2
  • Filed: 10/06/2014
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • monitoring, with one or more processors of a vehicle, for a roadway object based in part on geographical data describing a present geographic location of the vehicle and an electronic map that describes a plurality of clusters along one or more roadways that are included in the electronic map, wherein a cluster includes a geographic area that includes one or more roadway objects that are determined to be frequently overlooked by other users;

    detecting the roadway object;

    generating graphical data configured to emphasize the roadway object on a heads-up display of the vehicle;

    determining whether a user sees the roadway object;

    responsive to the user failing to see the roadway object, determining whether the roadway object is critical, wherein the roadway object is determined to be critical based on a ranked hierarchy of different categories of roadway objects and the highest ranked category is a school zone; and

    responsive to the roadway object being critical, enhancing a graphic output on the heads-up display to get the user'"'"'s attention.

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