Interactive vehicle window display system with personal convenience reminders

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9902266-B2
Application number	US-201414461427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2014
Priority date	Sep 17, 2013
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A system for a vehicle that provides personal convenience reminders to a user of a vehicle. The system accesses an off board system such as a personal electronic device of the user to display the personal convenience reminders. The system can also access various off board applications in response to the personal electronic device of the user to further refine the personal convenience reminders in response to a user selection.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for a vehicle, comprising:
a user input subsystem configured to receive input from a remote device, the input generated by a first user of the vehicle and including a personal convenience reminder for a second user of the vehicle;
a user identification subsystem configured to authenticate the second user when the second user is approaching the vehicle and to determine a direction from which the second user approaches, the determining of the direction from which the second user approaches is based on detected locations of the second user as the second user approaches the vehicle; and
a display subsystem configured to generate output for display on a vehicle window, the window selected to face the direction from which the second user approaches, and the output comprising the personal convenience reminder obtained from the user input subsystem.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the output for display includes an airline departure board for all flights from a current location of the user to a destination indicated in the user input subsystem in response to accessing an off board application.

3. The system as recited in claim 2 , wherein the user input subsystem is configured to receive a selection of a flight from the airline departure board.

4. The system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the user input subsystem is configured to receive the selection via a key fob.

5. The system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the output for display comprises specific information for the selected flight.

6. The system as recited in claim 5 , wherein the specific information for the selected flight includes a departure time.

7. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the output is displayed on the outside of the vehicle window.

8. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the output includes a weather-related personal convenience reminder associated with the vehicle.

9. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the output includes a weather-related personal convenience reminder associated with the second user.

10. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the output includes a weather-related personal convenience reminder associated with a destination of the second user.

11. A method of operating a system for a vehicle, comprising:
receiving input from a remote device, the input generated by a first user of the vehicle and including a personal convenience reminder for a second user of the vehicle;
identifying, with a user identification subsystem, the second user when the second user is approaching the vehicle, the user identification subsystem comprising at least one user identification sensor configured to capture user data when a user is located outside of the vehicle, wherein identifying the second user when the second user is approaching the vehicle is at least partially based on a skeleton joint relationship using user data captured by at least one identification sensor; and
generating an output for display on a vehicle window in response to identification of the second user, the output associated with the personal convenience reminder, the generating being performed when the second user approaches the vehicle, when the second user exits the vehicle, or both.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the output is displayed on the outside of the vehicle window.

Assignees

• Toyota Eng & Mfg North America
• Toyota Motor Sales Usa Inc

Inventors

• Pisz James T
• Schulz Jason A
• Ebe Kazutoshi
• Gunaratne Pujitha
• Chou Warren Jing Po

Classifications

• B60K35/10 Primary

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

• B60K35/50

  Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle (B60K35/231 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• G08G1/0962

  having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages · CPC title

• B60K2350/2052

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic