SENSOR BLIND SPOT INDICATION FOR VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A method of indicating sensor blind spots for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- acquiring, using one or more sensors, driving environment data of an external environment of the vehicle;
determining whether one or more portions of the acquired driving environment data is unreliable; and
responsive to determining that one or more portions of the acquired driving environment data is unreliable, causing an alert to be presented within the vehicle, the alert indicating one or more locations in the external environment which correspond to the driving environment data that is determined to be unreliable.
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Abstract
A vehicle can be configured to indicate sensor blind spots to a vehicle occupant (e.g., a driver). Using one or more sensors, the vehicle can acquire driving environment data of an external environment of the vehicle. It can be determined whether one or more portions of the acquired driving environment data is unreliable. Responsive to determining that one or more portions of the acquired driving environment data is unreliable, an alert can be caused to be presented within the vehicle. The alert can indicate one or more locations in the external environment in which the driving environment data that is determined to be unreliable. In some instances, the alert can be a visual alert and/or an audial alert.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of indicating sensor blind spots for a vehicle, the method comprising:
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acquiring, using one or more sensors, driving environment data of an external environment of the vehicle; determining whether one or more portions of the acquired driving environment data is unreliable; and responsive to determining that one or more portions of the acquired driving environment data is unreliable, causing an alert to be presented within the vehicle, the alert indicating one or more locations in the external environment which correspond to the driving environment data that is determined to be unreliable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A sensor blind spot indication system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a sensor system, the sensor system being configured to acquire driving environment data of at least a portion of the external environment of the vehicle; and a processor operatively connected to the sensor system, the processor being programmed to initiate executable operations comprising; determining whether one or more portions of the acquired driving environment data is unreliable; and responsive to determining that one or more portions of the acquired driving environment data is unreliable, causing an alert to be presented within the vehicle, the alert indicating one or more locations in the external environment which correspond to the driving environment data that is determined to be unreliable. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product for indicating sensor blind spots for a vehicle, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therein, the program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
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acquiring, using one or more sensors, driving environment data of an external environment of the vehicle; determining whether one or more portions of the acquired driving environment data is unreliable; and responsive to determining that one or more portions of the acquired driving environment data is unreliable, causing an alert to be presented within the vehicle, the alert indicating one or more locations in the external environment which correspond to the driving environment data that is determined to be unreliable.
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