Methods and apparatus to generate an augmented environment including a weight indicator for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11879768-B2
Application number	US-202117389073-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2021
Priority date	Oct 15, 2018
Publication date	Jan 23, 2024
Grant date	Jan 23, 2024

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to generate an augmented environment including a weight indicator for a vehicle are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes memory including stored instructions, a processor to execute the instructions to generate a map of loads on a vehicle based on load data associated with a sensor of the vehicle, determine a load condition of the vehicle based on the map of loads, correlate a first load of the map of loads with an object identified using live video data received from a camera, and generate an augmented environment identifying at least one of a location of the object, the first load correlated with the object, or the load condition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
memory including stored instructions;
a processor to execute the instructions to:
generate a map of loads on a vehicle based on load data associated with a sensor of the vehicle;
determine a load condition of the vehicle based on the map of loads;
correlate a first load of the map of loads with an object identified using live video data received from a camera; and
generate an augmented environment identifying at least one of a location of the object, the first load correlated with the object, or the load condition.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor executes the instructions to, when the load condition of the vehicle is misloaded, modifying the augmented environment with a visual indication based on the load condition, the visual indication including an instruction to move the object.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor executes the instructions to determine the load condition includes comparing a second load on the vehicle to a first load threshold, the second load determined based on the load data, and the processor executes the instructions to control an external light of the vehicle based on the comparison to visually indicate the load condition.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the processor executes instructions to control the external light of the vehicle based on the comparison to visually indicate to indicate the load condition by causing the external light to blink at a frequency based on the load condition.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the processor executes the instructions to cease blinking of the external light in response to the second load satisfying the first load threshold.

6. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the external light includes a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source, and the processor executes the instructions to:
cause the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source to illuminate in a first pattern when the first load threshold is satisfied; and
cause the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source to illuminate in a second pattern when a second load threshold is satisfied, the first load threshold is greater than the second load threshold.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor executes the instructions to determine the load condition by comparing a second load on the vehicle to a first load threshold, the second load determined based on the load data, and the processor executes instructions to cause a horn of the vehicle to sound based on the comparison to indicate the load condition.

8. A method comprising:
generating a map of loads on a vehicle based on load data associated with a sensor of the vehicle;
determining a load condition of the vehicle based on the map of loads;
correlating a first load of the map of loads with an object identified using live video data received from a camera; and
generating an augmented environment identifying at least one of a location of the object, the first load correlated with the object, or the load condition.

9. The method of claim 8 , further including, when the vehicle is misloaded, modifying the augmented environment with a visual indication based on the load condition, the visual indication including an instruction to move the object.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining the load condition includes comparing a second load on the vehicle to a first load threshold, the second load determined based on the load data, and further including controlling an external light of the vehicle based on the comparison to indicate the load condition.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein controlling the external light of the vehicle based on the comparison to visually indicate to indicate the load condition includes causing the external light to blink at a frequency based on the second load.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the external light includes a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source, and further including:
causing the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source to illuminate in a first pattern when the first load threshold is satisfied; and
causing the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source to illuminate in a second pattern when a second load threshold is satisfied, the first load threshold is greater than the second load threshold.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining the load condition includes comparing a second load on the vehicle to a first load threshold, the second load determined based on the load data and further including causing a horn of the vehicle to sound based on the comparison to indicate the load condition.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed cause a processor to:
generate a map of loads on a vehicle based on load data associated with a sensor of the vehicle;
determine a load condition of the vehicle based on the map of loads;
correlate a first load of the map of loads with an object identified using live video data received from a camera; and
generate an augmented environment identifying at least one of a location of the object, the first load correlated with the object, or the load condition.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to, when the vehicle is misloaded, modify the augmented environment with a visual indication based on the load condition, the visual indication including an instruction to move the object.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the determination of the load condition includes comparing a second load on the vehicle to a first load threshold, the second load determined based on the load data, and the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to control an external light of the vehicle based on the comparison to indicate the load condition.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to control the external light of the vehicle based on the comparison to visually indicate to indicate the load condition by causing the external light to blink at a frequency based on the second load.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to cease blinking of the external light in response to the second load satisfying the first load threshold.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the external light includes a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source, and the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
cause the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source to illuminate in a first pattern when the first load threshold is satisfied; and
cause the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source to illuminate in a second pattern when a second load threshold is satisfied, the first load threshold is greater than the second load threshold.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the determination of the load condition includes comparing a second load on the vehicle to a first load threshold, the second load determined based on the load data and the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to causing a horn of the v

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Rogness Anton
• Lazarevski Peter Simeon
• Rajasingh Joshua
• Niedert Andrew
• Pearson Elliott

Classifications

• G01G19/12 Primary

  having electrical weight-sensitive devices · CPC title

• G01G23/32

  Indicating the weight by optical projection means · CPC title

• G06F18/25

  Fusion techniques · CPC title

• G06T19/006

  Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00) · CPC title

• G06V20/20

  in augmented reality scenes · CPC title