Systems and methods for enhanced continuous awareness in vehicles using haptic feedback
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1. A system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured to sense information associated with surroundings of the vehicle, an environment of the vehicle, and/or a condition of the vehicle, and to output a sensor signal based on the information, wherein the information includes a location relative to the vehicle of a marker on a road on which the vehicle is travelling;
a processor configured to receive the sensor signal, determine haptic feedback for the system based on the sensor signal, and output a haptic control signal; and
a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic control signal from the processor and generate the haptic feedback based on the haptic control signal, wherein the haptic feedback comprises a kinesthetic haptic effect whose output location moves to indicate movement of the location of the marker relative to the vehicle.
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Abstract
A system for a vehicle includes a sensor configured to sense information associated with the vehicle'"'"'s surroundings, environment and/or condition and output a sensor signal based on the sensed information, a processor configured to receive the sensor signal, determine haptic feedback for the system to display based on the sensor signal, and output a haptic control signal, and a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic control signal from the processor and generate the haptic feedback to a driver of the vehicle based on the haptic control signal.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a sensor configured to sense information associated with surroundings of the vehicle, an environment of the vehicle, and/or a condition of the vehicle, and to output a sensor signal based on the information, wherein the information includes a location relative to the vehicle of a marker on a road on which the vehicle is travelling; a processor configured to receive the sensor signal, determine haptic feedback for the system based on the sensor signal, and output a haptic control signal; and a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic control signal from the processor and generate the haptic feedback based on the haptic control signal, wherein the haptic feedback comprises a kinesthetic haptic effect whose output location moves to indicate movement of the location of the marker relative to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving information regarding a vehicle'"'"'s surroundings, environment, and/or condition; detecting presence of a danger to the vehicle based on the information regarding the vehicle'"'"'s surroundings, environment, and/or condition; causing a haptic output device of the vehicle to continuously output a deformation on a surface in the vehicle based on the information regarding the vehicle'"'"'s surroundings, environment, and/or condition, such that the deformation is output both when an imminence level of the danger is increasing and when an imminence level of the danger is decreasing, wherein the deformation is continuously modified based on the imminence level of the danger. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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receiving information regarding a location relative to a vehicle of a marker on a road on which the vehicle is travelling; determining haptic feedback to generate based on the information received and generating a haptic control signal with a processor; and generating the haptic feedback with a haptic output device based on the haptic control signal generated by the processor, wherein the haptic feedback comprises a kinesthetic haptic effect whose output location moves to indicate movement of the location of the marker relative to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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