Presenting Relevant Warnings To A Vehicle Operator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023111436-A1
Application number	US-202117496691-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 7, 2021
Priority date	Oct 7, 2021
Publication date	Apr 13, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments include systems and methods executed by a processor of a vehicle for presenting relevant warnings to a vehicle operator, including receiving a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication including information regarding a V2X-identified threat, determining whether the vehicle operator has not recognized the V2X-identified threat, determining a display location that is most likely to receive the vehicle operator's attention in response to determining that the vehicle operator has not recognized the V2X-identified threat, and generating an alert regarding the V2X-identified threat on the determined display location. The generated alert regarding the V2X-identified threat on the determined display location may exclude alerts regarding any threat conditions that the processor has determined that the vehicle operator has recognized.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method performed by a processor of a vehicle for presenting relevant warnings to a vehicle operator, comprising:
receiving a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication including information regarding a V2X-identified threat; determining whether the vehicle operator has recognized the V2X-identified threat; determining a display location that is most likely to receive the vehicle operator's attention in response to determining that the vehicle operator has not recognized the V2X-identified threat; and generating an alert regarding the V2X-identified threat on the determined display location.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the alert regarding the V2X-identified threat on the determined display location comprises generating a display that excludes alerts regarding any threat conditions that the vehicle operator has recognized.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a location of a region outside the vehicle containing the V2X-identified threat; and determining a direction of the vehicle operator's gaze, wherein determining whether the vehicle operator has recognized the V2X-identified threat comprises determining that the vehicle operator has not recognized the V2X-identified threat in response to determining that the location of the region outside the vehicle containing the V2X-identified threat is not within a field of view of the vehicle operator in the determined direction of the vehicle operator's gaze.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a location of a region outside the vehicle containing the V2X-identified threat; and determining whether the location of the region outside the vehicle containing the V2X-identified threat is in a recognized blind spot of the vehicle operator, wherein determining whether the vehicle operator has recognized the V2X-identified threat comprises determining that the vehicle operator has not recognized the V2X-identified threat in response to determining that the location of the region outside the vehicle containing the V2X-identified threat is in the recognized blind spot of the vehicle operator.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a direction of the vehicle operator's gaze, wherein determining the display location that is most likely to receive the vehicle operator's attention comprises identifying a display location that is visible within a field of view of the vehicle operator in the determined direction of the vehicle operator's gaze.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the display location that is most likely to receive the vehicle operator's attention comprises determining which of a plurality of vehicle displays is designated as a preferred display for V2X-identified threats.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether a threat acknowledgement has been received from the vehicle operator with respect to the V2X-identified threat,
wherein determining whether the vehicle operator has recognized the V2X-identified threat comprises determining that the vehicle operator has not recognized the V2X-identified threat in response to determining that no threat acknowledgement has been received from the vehicle operator with respect to the V2X-identified threat.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving V2X occlusion data indicating a condition exists that reduces a visibility of the V2X-identified threat to the vehicle operator, wherein determining whether the vehicle operator has recognized the V2X-identified threat comprises determining that the vehicle operator has not recognized the V2X-identified threat in response to receiving the V2X occlusion data.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
increasing a notification priority of the V2X-identified threat in response to determining that the vehicle operator has not recognized the V2X-identified threat; and determining whether the increased notification priority of the V2X-identified threat is a higher priority than other identified threats, wherein generating the alert regarding the V2X-identified threat on the determined display location comprises generating the alert regarding the V2X-identified threat but excluding alerts regarding other identified threats on the determined display location in response to determining that the increased notification priority of the V2X-identified threat is higher priority than other identified threats.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the V2X communication including the information regarding the V2X-identified threat is received from a source remote from the vehicle.

11 . A vehicle, comprising:
a radio module; and a processor coupled to the radio module, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to:
receive a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication including information regarding a V2X-identified threat;
determine whether a vehicle operator has recognized the V2X-identified threat;
determine a display location that is most likely to receive the vehicle operator's attention in response to determining that the vehicle operator has not recognized the V2X-identified threat; and
generate an alert regarding the V2X-identified threat on the determined display location.

12 . The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to generate the alert regarding the V2X-identified threat on the determined display location that excludes alerts regarding any threat conditions that the processor has determine that the vehicle operator has recognized.

13 . The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to:
determine a location of a region outside the vehicle containing the V2X-identified threat; and determine a direction of the vehicle operator's gaze, wherein the processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to determine that the vehicle operator has not recognized the V2X-identified threat in response to determining that the location of the region outside the vehicle containing the V2X-identified threat is not within a field of view of the vehicle operator in the determined direction of the vehicle operator's gaze.

14 . The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to:
determine a location of a region outside the vehicle containing the V2X-identified threat; and determine whether the location of the region outside the vehicle containing the V2X-identified threat is in a recognized blind spot of the vehicle operator, wherein the processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to determine that the vehicle operator has not recognized the V2X-identified threat in response to determining that the location of the region outside the vehicle containing the V2X-identified threat is in the recognized blind spot of the vehicle operator.

15 . The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to determine a direction of the vehicle operator's gaze,
wherein the processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to determine the display location that is most likely to receive the vehicle operator's attention by determining a display location that is visible within a field of view of the vehicle operator in the determined direction of the vehicle operator's gaze.

16 . The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configur

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Petit Jonathan
• Paranjpe Sumant
• Monteuuis Jean-Philippe
• Ansari Mohammad Raashid
• Chen Cong

Classifications

• B60K35/285

  for improving awareness by directing driver's gaze direction or eye points · CPC title

• B60K35/29

  Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60K2360/149

  Instrument input by detecting viewing direction not otherwise provided for · CPC title