PROJECTION OF IMAGES ON SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE

• US 20160257252A1
• Filed: 03/05/2015
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zaitsev, Grigori, VanBlon, Russell Speight
• Application Number:
  US14/639,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20160257252A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/205 using a head-up display
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/605 the adjustment being automatic
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8046 for replacing a rear-view mirror system
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/56 exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/59 inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions

Abstract

In one aspect a vehicle includes a vehicle body, a processor, a camera disposed on the vehicle body which is accessible to the processor, at least one window onto which at least one image is presentable, and memory. The memory comprises instructions executable by the processor to receive data from the camera and, based at least in part on the data, present on the window at least one image corresponding to a representation of a field of view of a mirror. The field of view is identified at least in part based on a current position of at least a portion of a driver.

Claims

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body;

a processor;

a camera disposed on the vehicle body which is accessible to the processor;

at least one window onto which at least one image is presentable; and

memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to;

receive data from the camera; and

based at least in part on the data, present on the window at least one image corresponding to a representation of a field of view of a mirror, wherein the field of view is identified at least in part based on a current position of at least a portion of a driver.

2. The vehicle of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one sensor, wherein input from the sensor is used to identify the current position of at least the portion of the driver.

3. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the vehicle comprises one or more of:

an at least partially transparent display on the window which presents the at least one image of the field of view, and a projector which projects onto the window the at least one image of the field of view.

4. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the representation is presented responsive to a determination that the driver is looking at least toward a side of the vehicle and wherein the representation is not presented otherwise.

5. The vehicle of claim 4, wherein the side of the vehicle comprises the window.

6. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein data from a sensor is used to at least in part establish portrayals of spatial distances of objects, relative to each other, in the image corresponding to the representation, wherein the sensor comprises one or more of:

a three dimensional camera, a proximity sensor, an infrared sensor, and an ultra sound transceiver.

7. A method, comprising:

receiving at least one image from a earners; and

at least in part based on the at least one image, presenting on a display a representation of a field of view of a side view mirror of a vehicle.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the representation is presented on an at least partially transparent display integrated with a window of the vehicle.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the representation of the field of view of the side view mirror is a representation of a field of view of a passenger side view mirror, and wherein the window is a passenger side window.

10. The method of claim 7, comprising:

receiving plural images from the camera;

identifying precipitation in at least a first image of the plural images; and

responsive to the identifying of the precipitation and based on at least a second image of the plural images, presenting on the display a representation of the first image that does not show at least some of the precipitation in the first image as received from the camera.

11. A device, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one camera accessible to the processor;

at least one display accessible to the processor; and

at least one memory accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to;

receive data from the camera; and

based at least in part on the data, control the display to present at least one image on at least a portion of a window of a vehicle.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

control the display to present at least one image on the window responsive to a determination that a turn signal in the vehicle is activated.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

determine to control the display to not present at least one image on the window responsive at least in part to a determination that a turn signal in the vehicle is not activated.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

control the display to present at least one image on the window responsive to a determination based at least in part on data from the camera that a current body orientation of a driver satisfies a body orientation criterion, and determine to control the display to not present at least one image on the window responsive to a determination based at least in part on data from the camera that a current body orientation of the driver does not satisfy the body orientation criterion.

15. The device of claim 12, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

control the display to present at least one image on the window responsive to a determination based at least in part on data from the camera that a current body orientation of a driver satisfies a body orientation criterion, and determine to control the display to not present at least one image on the window responsive to a determination based at least in part on data from the camera that a current body orientation of the driver does not satisfy the body orientation criterion.

16. The device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

control the display to alter presentation of images on the window responsive to a determination that a turn signal in the vehicle is activated.

17. The device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

control the display to alter presentation of images on the window responsive to a determination that a steering wheel is turned at an angle which satisfies an angular turn criterion.

18. The device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

control the display to alter presentation of images on the window from a first projection of images having a first field of view to a second projection of images having a second field of view different from the first field of view responsive at least in part to identification of a change of a body orientation of a driver.

19. The device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

control the display to alter presentation of images on the window from a first projection of images having a first field of view to a second projection of images having a second field of view different from the first field of view responsive at least in part to identification of a particular body orientation of a driver.

20. The device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

control the display to alter presentation of images on the window from a first projection of images having a first field of view to a second projection of images having a second field of view different from the first field of view responsive to a determination that a distance between the window and at least a portion of the driver has changed.

21. The device of claim 11, wherein the at least a portion of the driver comprises at least a portion of the head of the driver.

22. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

basal on images received from the camera, identify an object proximate to the vehicle as moving and extrapolate at least one future position of the moving object; and

control the display to present on the window at least one image comprising at least one of;

a representation of the moving object at the future position, and the moving object at the future position.

23. The device of claim 11, wherein the display is selected from the group consisting of:

a display coupled to at least a portion of the window, a projector which projects images onto the window.