Device for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9950711-B2
Application number	US-201415026613-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	Oct 1, 2013
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

A device having a sensor, a control unit, and a display designed for a vehicle which is designed as an at least partially self-driving vehicle. The sensor detects objects in the surroundings of the vehicle. The device displays the objects, together with the vehicle, on the display in animated form.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for a vehicle designed for at least partially automatic driving, the device comprising:
a sensor;
a controller; and
a display,
wherein the sensor detects objects in the surroundings of the vehicle,
wherein the device displays the objects, together with the vehicle, in an animated form on the display,
wherein the device identifies one of the objects displayed on the display as a target object, wherein the target object constitutes a cause of an automatically executed driving maneuver of the vehicle, and
wherein the device displays the target object so that the target object is represented differently from the other objects of a same class on the display.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device detects an automatic driving state in which the vehicle drives automatically, and displays, in the automatic driving state, the objects, together with the vehicle, in an animated form on the display.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device classifies the objects as a function of outputs of the sensor, and displays each object in its class so that the object can be differentiated from other classes on the display.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the class of each displayed object corresponds to one of at least two classes from a set of classes, wherein the set of classes comprises:
a passenger car;
a van;
a truck;
a fixed obstacle;
a road sign;
a bridge; and
a tunnel.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device detects additional information relating to the objects by the sensor and displays on the display, at least one of the additional information items relating to at least one of the displayed objects.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the additional information for each displayed object corresponds to an additional information item from a set of additional information, wherein the set of additional information comprises:
a current speed of a moving object;
a current differential speed between a moving object and the vehicle;
the length, width and/or height of a moving object;
information as to whether the corresponding object has operationally capable Car2X technology;
a road width; and
a height of a passage through a bridge or a tunnel.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device displays the objects on a specific lane which is adjacent to a current lane of the vehicle, abstracted as a graphic representation of a specific roadway, wherein the graphic representation of the specific roadway comprises information about traffic on the specific roadway, and
wherein the information corresponds to an information item from a set of information, wherein the set of information comprises:
a speed at which the vehicles on the specific lane are moving, and
a degree of density which indicates how many vehicles are located on the specific roadway per unit length.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device displays the vehicle in an animated form on the display.

9. A device for a vehicle designed for at least partially automatic driving, the device comprising:
a sensor;
a controller; and
a display,
wherein the sensor detects objects in the surroundings of the vehicle,
wherein the device displays the objects, together with the vehicle, in an animated form on the display,
wherein the sensor detects availability information, wherein the device displays the availability information on the display, and
wherein the availability information corresponds to an item of availability information from a set of availability information, wherein the set of availability information comprises:
information about the availability of a mobile radio network for the vehicle,
information about the availability of a WLAN network for the vehicle, and information about the availability of Car2X data for the vehicle.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the device displays the availability information as at least one symbol on the display or abstractly as a graphic representation of at least one region of the display.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the device detects an automatic driving state in which the vehicle drives automatically, and displays, in the automatic driving state, the objects, together with the vehicle, in an animated form on the display.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag
• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Kleen Andro
• Schäfer Helge
• Ricknäs Daniel
• Meinecke Marc-Michael
• Degermann Pär

Classifications

• B60W2050/146

  Display means · CPC title

• G08G1/015

  with provision for distinguishing between two or more types of vehicles, e.g. between motor-cars and cycles · CPC title

• B60W50/14 Primary

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title

• B60K2350/1076

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60W30/16

  Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle · CPC title