Enhanced map display for autonomous vehicles and passengers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12358520-B2
Application number	US-202318125347-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2023
Priority date	Mar 23, 2023
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods and systems to provide intelligent display for vehicles including a method that comprises determining, by a processor, that a current trajectory of an autonomous vehicle includes a revised road condition having at least one attribute; retrieving, by the processor using the at least one attribute, a graphical overlay corresponding to the revised road condition; and displaying, by the processor on an electronic device associated with the autonomous vehicle, the graphical overlay while the electronic device is presenting an image of a surrounding of the autonomous vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining, by a processor of an autonomy system of an autonomous vehicle, that a current trajectory of the autonomous vehicle includes a revised road condition captured by at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle, the processor included in the autonomous vehicle;
retrieving, by the processor, a graphical overlay presenting a virtual object indicating the revised road condition, wherein the virtual object represents an object that is not captured by the at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle; and
presenting, by the processor for display on an electronic device associated with the autonomous vehicle, the graphical overlay while the electronic device is presenting a view of a surrounding of the autonomous vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical overlay is presented as an augmented reality presentation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the revised road condition corresponds to construction work performed and the graphical overlay comprises a lane change.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting, by the processor, a notification indicating that at least one road condition has been revised.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the current trajectory of the autonomous vehicle includes the revised road condition corresponds to receiving an indication from a second processor.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the current trajectory of the autonomous vehicle includes the revised road condition corresponds to receiving an indication of the revised road condition within the road.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
revising, by the processor, a velocity of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the revised road condition.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying, by the processor, an alternative trajectory for the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the revised road condition.

9. An autonomous system of an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
one or more processors included in the autonomous vehicle, wherein the one or more processors are configured execute instructions on a non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
determine that a current trajectory of the autonomous vehicle includes a revised road condition captured by at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle;
retrieve a graphical overlay presenting a virtual object indicating the revised road condition, wherein the virtual object represents an object that is not captured by the at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle; and
present for display, on an electronic device associated with the autonomous vehicle, the graphical overlay while the electronic device is presenting a view of a surrounding of the autonomous vehicle.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the graphical overlay is presented as an augmented reality presentation.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the revised road condition corresponds to construction work performed and the graphical overlay comprises a lane change.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to present a notification indicating that at least one road condition has been revised.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein determining that the current trajectory of the autonomous vehicle includes the revised road condition corresponds to receiving an indication from a second processor.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine that the current trajectory of the autonomous vehicle includes the revised road condition corresponds to receiving an indication of the revised road condition within the road.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to revise a velocity of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the revised road condition.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors is configured to identify an alternative trajectory for the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the revised road condition.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium including one or more instructions stored thereon and executable by a processor of an autonomy system of an autonomous vehicle, the processor included in the autonomous vehicle, in response to being executed, the one or more instructions cause the autonomy system to:
determine that a current trajectory of the autonomous vehicle includes a revised road condition captured by at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle;
retrieve a graphical overlay presenting a virtual object indicating the revised road condition, wherein the virtual object represents an object that is not captured by the at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle; and
present for display, on an electronic device associated with the autonomous vehicle, the graphical overlay while the electronic device is presenting a view of a surrounding of the autonomous vehicle.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the graphical overlay is presented as an augmented reality presentation.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the autonomy system to determine that the current trajectory of the autonomous vehicle includes the revised road condition corresponds to receiving an indication of the revised road condition within the road.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the autonomy system to revise a velocity of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the revised road condition.

Assignees

• Torc Robotics Inc

Inventors

• Chilton Ryan

Classifications

• B60K35/00 Primary

  Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles · CPC title

• B60K2360/178

  Warnings · CPC title

• B60K2360/177

  Augmented reality · CPC title

• B60W2300/12

  Trucks; Load vehicles · CPC title

• B60W2050/146

  Display means · CPC title