Surroundings monitoring system for a vehicle
First Claim
1. A surroundings monitoring system for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- a first sensor subsystem operable to provide image data from around the vehicle;
a second sensor subsystem operable to provide non-image data from around the vehicle;
a control subsystem in communication with the first sensor subsystem and the second sensor subsystem, the control subsystem operable to;
when a view from the first sensor subsystem is obscured with respect to targets around the vehicle, generate representative symbology that schematically portrays the targets,when a view from the first sensor subsystem is unobscured with respect to targets around the vehicle, generate, from images of the targets in the image data, manipulated image data symbology that portrays only the targets, from a driver perspective, andbased on ranging data for the targets in the non-image data, horizontally spatially arrange the generated representative and manipulated image data symbology around a central vehicle symbol in an overhead view around the vehicle that portrays, via the horizontal spatial arrangement of the generated representative and manipulated image data symbology around the central vehicle symbol, the relative positions of the targets around the vehicle in a horizontal plane; and
a display subsystem in communication with the control subsystem and located within the vehicle operable to display the overhead view around the vehicle.
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Abstract
A surroundings monitoring system includes a first sensor subsystem operable to provide image data from around the vehicle; a second sensor subsystem operable to provide non-image data from around the vehicle; a control subsystem in communication with the first sensor subsystem and the second sensor subsystem, the control subsystem operable to generate manipulated image data symbology from the image data and arrange the manipulated image data symbology in response to the non-image data to generate a driver perspective view; and a display in communication with the control subsystem to display the driver perspective view. A method of monitoring surroundings for use in a vehicle includes obtaining image data from around the vehicle; obtaining non-image data from around the vehicle; manipulating the image data in response to the non-image data to generate a driver perspective view; and displaying the driver perspective view.
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14 Claims
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1. A surroundings monitoring system for use in a vehicle, comprising:
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a first sensor subsystem operable to provide image data from around the vehicle;
a second sensor subsystem operable to provide non-image data from around the vehicle;a control subsystem in communication with the first sensor subsystem and the second sensor subsystem, the control subsystem operable to; when a view from the first sensor subsystem is obscured with respect to targets around the vehicle, generate representative symbology that schematically portrays the targets, when a view from the first sensor subsystem is unobscured with respect to targets around the vehicle, generate, from images of the targets in the image data, manipulated image data symbology that portrays only the targets, from a driver perspective, and based on ranging data for the targets in the non-image data, horizontally spatially arrange the generated representative and manipulated image data symbology around a central vehicle symbol in an overhead view around the vehicle that portrays, via the horizontal spatial arrangement of the generated representative and manipulated image data symbology around the central vehicle symbol, the relative positions of the targets around the vehicle in a horizontal plane; and a display subsystem in communication with the control subsystem and located within the vehicle operable to display the overhead view around the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of monitoring surroundings for use in a vehicle, comprising:
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obtaining image data from around the vehicle from a first sensor subsystem; obtaining non-image data from around the vehicle from a second sensor subsystem; when a view from the first sensor subsystem is obscured with respect to targets around the vehicle, generate representative symbology that schematically portrays the targets, when a view from the first sensor subsystem is unobscured with respect to targets around the vehicle, generating, from images of the targets in the image data, manipulated image data symbology that portrays only the targets, from a driver perspective; based on ranging data for the targets in the non-image data, horizontally spatially arranging the generated representative and manipulated image data symbology around a central vehicle symbol in an overhead view around the vehicle that portrays, via the horizontal spatial arrangement of the generated representative and manipulated image data symbology around the central vehicle symbol, the relative positions of the targets around the vehicle in a horizontal plane; and displaying the overhead view around the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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