Vehicle operation assistance information management
First Claim
1. A vehicle configured to traverse a portion of a vehicle transportation network, the vehicle comprising:
- a primary graphical display portion;
a secondary graphical display portion;
an auditory presentation device; and
a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium to;
identify a first vehicle operation assistance information item,on a condition that an immanency for the first vehicle operation assistance information item exceeds a maximum relevant immanence, store information representing the first vehicle operation assistance information item, andon a condition that the immanency is within the maximum relevant immanence;
determine a first urgency based on the immanency;
on a condition that a utility metric for the first vehicle operation assistance information item indicates low utility, store the information representing the first vehicle operation assistance information item; and
on a condition that the utility metric for the first vehicle operation assistance information item indicates high utility, present a representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein presenting the representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item includes;
on a condition that the first urgency indicates a warning urgency or an advisory urgency;
controlling the primary graphical display portion to present a graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein controlling the primary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation includes controlling the primary graphical display portion to present a first portion of the graphical representation;
controlling the auditory presentation device to present an auditory representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item; and
controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation, wherein controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation includes controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present a second portion of the graphical representation, andon a condition that the first urgency indicates an advance urgency, controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for vehicle operation assistance information management may include a vehicle, which may include a primary graphical display portion and a secondary graphical display portion. Vehicle operation assistance information management may include identifying vehicle operation assistance information, identifying an immanency, an urgency, and a utility for the vehicle operation assistance information. The urgency may indicate an advance urgency, and a graphical representation of the vehicle operation assistance information may be presented via the secondary graphical display portion. The urgency may indicate an advisory urgency or a warning urgency, a first portion of a graphical representation of the vehicle operation assistance information may be presented via the primary graphical display portion, and, subsequently, and a second portion of a graphical representation of the vehicle operation assistance information may be presented via the secondary graphical display portion.
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26 Claims
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1. A vehicle configured to traverse a portion of a vehicle transportation network, the vehicle comprising:
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a primary graphical display portion; a secondary graphical display portion; an auditory presentation device; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium to; identify a first vehicle operation assistance information item, on a condition that an immanency for the first vehicle operation assistance information item exceeds a maximum relevant immanence, store information representing the first vehicle operation assistance information item, and on a condition that the immanency is within the maximum relevant immanence; determine a first urgency based on the immanency; on a condition that a utility metric for the first vehicle operation assistance information item indicates low utility, store the information representing the first vehicle operation assistance information item; and on a condition that the utility metric for the first vehicle operation assistance information item indicates high utility, present a representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein presenting the representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item includes; on a condition that the first urgency indicates a warning urgency or an advisory urgency;
controlling the primary graphical display portion to present a graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein controlling the primary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation includes controlling the primary graphical display portion to present a first portion of the graphical representation;
controlling the auditory presentation device to present an auditory representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item; and
controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation, wherein controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation includes controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present a second portion of the graphical representation, andon a condition that the first urgency indicates an advance urgency, controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A vehicle configured to traverse a portion of a vehicle transportation network, the vehicle comprising:
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a primary graphical display portion; a secondary graphical display portion; an auditory presentation device; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium to; identify a first vehicle operation assistance information item, identify an immanency for the first vehicle operation assistance information item, determine an urgency for the first vehicle operation assistance information item, determine a utility metric for the first vehicle operation assistance information item, on a condition that the utility metric for the first vehicle operation assistance information item indicates high utility, present a representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein presenting the representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item includes, on a condition that the urgency for the first vehicle operation assistance information item indicates an advance urgency, controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item, identify a second vehicle operation assistance information item based on the first vehicle operation assistance information item, identify an immanency for the second vehicle operation assistance information item, determine an urgency for the second vehicle operation assistance information item, determine a utility metric for the second vehicle operation assistance information item, on a condition that the utility metric for the second vehicle operation assistance information item indicates high utility, present a representation of the second vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein presenting the representation of the second vehicle operation assistance information item includes; on a condition that the urgency for the second vehicle operation assistance information item indicates an advisory urgency; controlling the secondary graphical display portion to omit the graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item, controlling the primary graphical display portion to present advisory information including a graphical representation of the second vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein controlling the primary graphical display portion to present the advisory information includes controlling the primary graphical display portion to present a first portion of the graphical representation of the second vehicle operation assistance information item, controlling the auditory presentation device to present an auditory representation of the second vehicle operation assistance information item, initiating a first timer, and on a condition that the first timer exceeds a secondary presentation delay, controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation of the second vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation of the second vehicle operation assistance information item includes controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present a second portion of the graphical representation of the second vehicle operation assistance information item, and identify a third vehicle operation assistance information item based on the second vehicle operation assistance information item, identify an immanency for the third vehicle operation assistance information item, determine an urgency for the third vehicle operation assistance information item, determine a utility metric for the third vehicle operation assistance information item, on a condition that the utility metric for the third vehicle operation assistance information item indicates high utility, present a representation of the third vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein presenting the representation of the third vehicle operation assistance information item includes; on a condition that the urgency for the third vehicle operation assistance information item indicates a warning urgency; controlling the primary graphical display portion to omit the graphical representation of the second vehicle operation assistance information item, controlling the secondary graphical display portion to omit the graphical representation of the second vehicle operation assistance information item, controlling the primary graphical display portion to present warning information including a graphical representation of the third vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein controlling the primary graphical display portion to present the warning information includes controlling the primary graphical display portion to present a first portion of the graphical representation of the third vehicle operation assistance information item, controlling the auditory presentation device to present an auditory representation of the third vehicle operation assistance information item, initiating a second timer, and on a condition that the second timer exceeds a secondary presentation delay, controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation of the third vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation of the third vehicle operation assistance information item includes controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present a second portion of the graphical representation of the third vehicle operation assistance information item.
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26. A vehicle configured to traverse a portion of a vehicle transportation network, the vehicle comprising:
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a primary graphical display portion; a secondary graphical display portion; an auditory presentation device; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium to; identify a first vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein the first vehicle operation assistance information item indicates a target location in the vehicle transportation network, such that a first temporal cost indicates a temporal cost for the vehicle to traverse the vehicle transportation network from a current location of the vehicle in the vehicle transportation network to the target location indicated by the first vehicle operation assistance information item based on a current operating condition for the vehicle, identify a first vehicle control action based on the first vehicle operation assistance information item, such that a second temporal cost indicates a temporal cost for the vehicle to traverse the vehicle transportation network in accordance with the first vehicle control action and a first acceptability metric, and such that a third temporal cost indicates a temporal cost for the vehicle to traverse the vehicle transportation network in accordance with the first vehicle control action and a second acceptability metric, wherein the second temporal cost exceeds the third temporal cost, on a condition that first temporal cost exceeds the second temporal cost, control the secondary graphical display portion to present a graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item, on a condition that first temporal cost is within the second temporal cost and the first temporal cost exceeds the third temporal cost, control the primary graphical display portion to present a first portion of a graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item and the first vehicle control action, and control the secondary graphical display portion to present a second portion of the graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item and the first vehicle control action, and on a condition that first temporal cost is within the third temporal cost; identify a second vehicle control action based on the first vehicle operation assistance information item; and control the primary graphical display portion to present a first portion of a graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item and the second vehicle control action, and control the secondary graphical display portion to present a second portion of the graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item and the second vehicle control action.
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Specification