Method for providing a representation in a motor vehicle depending on a viewing direction of a vehicle operator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9491417-B2
Application number	US-201213605159-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2012
Priority date	Sep 7, 2011
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

The physiological characteristics of the eye are particularly well taken into account in a motor vehicle by selecting a representation at a representation site from at least two types of representations depending on whether the respective representation site is located in a central field of view of the vehicle operator or is located in a peripheral field of view of the vehicle operator. Preferably, intensive colors and strong color contrasts are selected in the central field of view of the vehicle operator, whereas representations that change over time are selected in the peripheral field of view.

First claim

What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims and includes equivalents of the elements recited therein:

1. A method for providing a representation in a motor vehicle at least one representation site, comprising the steps of:
determining the at least one representation site based on an object located outside the motor vehicle and captured by a capture device,
capturing a viewing direction of a vehicle operator, and
selecting, depending on the viewing direction, a representation from at least two types of representations, wherein the selected representation is represented by using color contrasts when the at least one-representation site is located in a central field of view of the vehicle operator and the selected representation is represented by a temporal variation comprising jitter or expansion and thereafter contraction of a projected image of the selected representation when the at least one-representation site is located in a peripheral field of view of the vehicle operator.

2. A motor vehicle comprising
a first device capturing a viewing direction of a vehicle operator, and
a second device providing a representation in the motor vehicle at a representation site, and
a third device for capturing an object located outside the motor vehicle, wherein the second device determines the representation site based on the captured object,
wherein the second device is configured to select, depending on the viewing direction, a representation from two types of representations, wherein the selected representation is represented by using color contrasts when the representation site-is located in a central field of view of the vehicle operator and the selected representation is represented by a temporal variation comprising jitter or expansion and thereafter contraction of a projected image of the selected representation when the representation when the representation site-is located in a peripheral field of view of the vehicle operator.

Assignees

• Giesler Björn
• Kölzow Thorsten
• Jakobs Bernd
• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Giesler Björn
• Kölzow Thorsten
• Jakobs Bernd

Classifications

• B60K35/28

  characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver · CPC title

• B60K35/235

  with means for detecting the driver's gaze direction or eye points · CPC title

• B60R2300/205

  using a head-up display · CPC title

• H04N7/185 Primary

  from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control · CPC title

• G02B27/01 Primary

  Head-up displays · CPC title