CONTROLLING AUTOMOTIVE FUNCTIONALITY USING INTERNAL- AND EXTERNAL-FACING SENSORS
First Claim
1. An automotive system, comprising:
- at least one internal-facing sensor positioned within an automobile;
at least one external-facing sensor positioned within the automobile;
an information processing system that performs the following;
receives interior sensor input from the at least one internal-facing sensor, the interior sensor input indicating information about the actions of one or more automobile occupants including a driver;
receives exterior sensor input from the at least one external-facing sensor, the exterior sensor input indicating information about one or more objects external to the automobile;
based on both the received interior sensor input and the received exterior sensor input, determines an appropriate action to perform; and
performs the determined appropriate action.
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Abstract
Embodiments are directed to automotive systems including automotive alerting systems and automotive heads-up display projection systems. In one case, an automotive system includes an internal-facing sensor and an external-facing sensor positioned within an automobile. The automotive system further includes an information processing system that performs various items including receiving interior sensor input from the internal-facing sensor and from the external-facing sensor. The interior sensor input indicates information about the actions the driver and any other automobile occupants. The exterior sensor indicates information about objects that are external to the automobile. The information processing system then determines, based on both the interior sensor input and the exterior sensor input, an appropriate action to perform and performs that action. Such actions may include increasing or decreasing the salience of a triggered alert.
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20 Claims
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1. An automotive system, comprising:
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at least one internal-facing sensor positioned within an automobile; at least one external-facing sensor positioned within the automobile; an information processing system that performs the following; receives interior sensor input from the at least one internal-facing sensor, the interior sensor input indicating information about the actions of one or more automobile occupants including a driver; receives exterior sensor input from the at least one external-facing sensor, the exterior sensor input indicating information about one or more objects external to the automobile; based on both the received interior sensor input and the received exterior sensor input, determines an appropriate action to perform; and performs the determined appropriate action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing appropriate automotive alerts, the method comprising:
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receiving interior sensor input from at least one internal-facing sensor, the interior sensor input indicating information about the actions of one or more automobile occupants including a driver; receiving exterior sensor input from at least one external-facing sensor, the exterior sensor input indicating information about one or more objects external to the automobile; based on both the received interior sensor input and the received exterior sensor input, determining that the driver was looking in a specified direction when an object external to the automobile triggered an alert; based on the direction the driver was looking and based on the location of the external object, determining an appropriate alerting action to perform; and performing the determined appropriate alerting action. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. An automotive heads-up display projection system, comprising:
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at least one internal-facing sensor positioned within an automobile; at least one external-facing sensor positioned within the automobile; at least one internal heads-up display projector configured to project a heads-up display on one or more interior surfaces of the automobile; an information processing system that performs the following; receiving interior sensor input from the at least one internal-facing sensor, the interior sensor input indicating information about the actions of one or more automobile occupants including a driver; receiving exterior sensor input from the at least one external-facing sensor, the exterior sensor input indicating information about one or more objects external to the automobile; based on both the received interior sensor input and the received exterior sensor input, determining an appropriate action to perform; and performing the determined appropriate action. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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