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Interactive data view and command system

  • US 8,686,923 B2
  • Filed: 05/17/2011
  • Issued: 04/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information system for guiding a driver of a vehicle, comprising:

  • a camera constructed and arranged to capture light from the field of view of said driver without capturing a retinal reflex image;

    an information unit, comprising a position sensor and configured and adapted to determine current positioning information of the vehicle;

    to provide additional data associated to the current positioning information;

    to extract information from said captured field-of-view light; and

    to determine a correlation between the extracted information and the additional data; and

    an output unit constructed and arranged to provide guidance information to said driver using said determined correlation provided by said information unit;

    wherein the output unit comprises a projection unit constructed and arranged to receive an image signal representative of an image from the information unit and for visibly projecting said image to said driver;

    an optical signal unit configured and adapted to capture optical signals reflected back from an eye of said driver; and

    the information unit is further determining a position and/or orientation of said eye based on said captured optical signals;

    wherein the projection unit is configured to blend the guidance information into the field of view of said driver based on the determined position and/or orientation of said eye of said driver.

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