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User Display Providing Obstacle Avoidance

  • US 20180012086A1
  • Filed: 07/11/2016
  • Published: 01/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing a display for an operator of a vehicle, said vehicle having a right boundary, a left boundary, a video camera, and a ranging device, comprising:

  • a. providing a video display, including a left side, a top, and a right side, wherein said video display displays images from said video camera on said vehicle;

    b. providing an arch metaphor, extending from said left side of said video display, over said top, to said right side of said video display;

    c. displaying ranging data collected by said ranging device on said arch metaphor, wherein,i. said ranging data is dividing into ranging sectors,ii. each of said ranging sectors is correlated to an arc sector on said arch metaphor,iii. a range for each ranging sector is correlated to a color selected from a predefined color scale, andiv. said ranging data is displayed on said arch metaphor according to said correlated arc sector and said correlated color,d. providing a right clearance indicator movable along said arch metaphor, with a position of said right clearance indicator along said arch metaphor being determined by a first amount of clearance between a projected right boundary of said vehicle and a first object that is nearest to a right side of said vehicle; and

    e. providing a left clearance indicator movable along said arch metaphor, with a position of said left clearance indicator along said arch metaphor being determined by a second amount of clearance between a projected left boundary of said vehicle and a second object that is nearest to a left side of said vehicle.

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