System and method for providing a gear selection indication for a vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for providing a gear selection indication for a vehicle comprising:
- receiving an image of a gear shifting region of the vehicle from a vehicle camera system;
processing the image of the gear shifting region into processed image data;
determining a currently selected gear of a plurality of gears of a transmission unit of the vehicle based on the processed image data; and
outputting the currently selected gear of the plurality of gears,wherein outputting the determined currently selected gear includes at least one of;
communicating the currently selected gear to a gear selection indicator that presents the determined currently selected gear and communicating the currently selected gear to vehicle systems.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a gear selection indication for a vehicle that includes receiving an image of a gear shifting region of the vehicle from a vehicle camera system. The system and method also include processing the image of the gear shifting region into processed image data. Additionally, the system and method include determining a currently selected gear of a plurality of gears of a transmission unit of the vehicle based on the processed image data. The system and method further include outputting the currently selected gear of the plurality of gears. Outputting the determined currently selected gear includes at least one of: communicating the currently selected gear to a gear selection indicator that presents the determined currently selected gear, and communicating the currently selected gear to vehicle systems.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a gear selection indication for a vehicle comprising:
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receiving an image of a gear shifting region of the vehicle from a vehicle camera system; processing the image of the gear shifting region into processed image data; determining a currently selected gear of a plurality of gears of a transmission unit of the vehicle based on the processed image data; and outputting the currently selected gear of the plurality of gears, wherein outputting the determined currently selected gear includes at least one of;
communicating the currently selected gear to a gear selection indicator that presents the determined currently selected gear and communicating the currently selected gear to vehicle systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for providing a gear selection indication for a vehicle comprising:
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a gear selection indication application that is executed on an electronic control unit of the vehicle; an image reception module that is included as a module of the gear selection indication application that receives an image of a gear shifting region of the vehicle from a vehicle camera system; an image processing module that is included as a module of the gear selection indication application that processes the image of the gear shifting region into processed image data; a gear selection determinant module that is included as a module of the gear selection indication application that determines a currently selected gear of a plurality of gears of a transmission unit of the vehicle based on the processed image data; and a gear selection output module that is included as a module of the gear selection indication application that outputs the currently selected gear of the plurality of gears, wherein the gear selection output module communicates the currently selected gear to at least one of;
a gear selection indicator that presents the determined currently selected gear and to vehicle systems. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor performs actions, comprising:
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receiving an image of a gear shifting region of a vehicle from a vehicle camera system; processing the image of the gear shifting region into processed image data; determining a currently selected gear of a plurality of gears of a transmission unit of the vehicle based on the processed image data; and outputting the currently selected gear of the plurality of gears, wherein outputting the determined currently selected gear includes at least one of;
communicating the currently selected gear to a gear selection indicator that presents the determined currently selected gear, and communicating the currently selected gear to vehicle systems. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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