Vehicle surface tinting for visual indication of external conditions

摘要

Environmental hazards and safe conditions can be indicated to an operator of a vehicle. An audio signal of varying intensities can be played to indicate the severity of a potential hazard. An audio signal can be played at different locations in the vehicle cabin to indicate the location of a potential hazard. Surfaces such as but not limited to windows can be tinted to indicate a hazardous or safe condition. Tinting can be of various intensities commensurate with a potential hazard. Location of tinting can indicate the location of a potential hazard.

主权项

1. A vehicular system comprising:
at least one computing device having at least one processor and also having a memory; and at least one module having a portion loaded into the memory causing the at least one processor to:
receive data from at least one sensor of a vehicle;cause the data from the at least one sensor to be analyzed; andprovide at least one tinted surface of the vehicle as a visual indication warning to a driver by tinting at least one surface of the vehicle in response to detecting a condition based at least in part on the analyzed data,wherein the tinted surface comprises a windshield, a window, or a mirror,and wherein the condition that is visually indicated by tinting the surface includes at least one of the following detected conditions: an unsafe lane change condition, a safe lane change condition, an unsafe merge condition, a safe merge condition, an approaching turn, an approaching exit.