Surface information display inhibiting system, device, and method

摘要

Present novel and non-trivial system, device, and method for inhibiting surface information to a operator are disclosed. An image generator receives navigation data; retrieves surface data; generates and modifies an image data set as a function of the navigation data and the surface data; and provides the modified image data set to a display system. The image data set could be representative of a three-dimensional, egocentric perspective of a scene outside the vehicle comprised of a current surface and corresponding markings, and at least one intersecting surface and corresponding markings; the intersecting surface may be a surface intersecting the current surface. The image data set may be modified by inhibiting the visibility of the intersecting surface markings for each intersecting surface falling within the image modification area. An intersecting surface may fall within the image modification area if the intersecting surface overlaps a boundary of the image modification area.

主权项

1. A system for inhibiting the display of information to a viewer, such system comprising:
a source of navigation data; at least one source of surface data; and an image generator configured to
receive navigation data representative of at least a location of a vehicle on a current paved surface;retrieve surface data based upon the navigation data, where
the surface data is representative of at least
a first paved surface and first paved surface markings, andat least one second paved surface and second paved surface markings for each second paved surface, where the first paved surface is comprised of the current paved surface, and each second paved surface is comprised of a paved surface intersecting the first paved surface;generate an image data set as a function of the navigation data and the surface data, where
the image data set is representative of an image of a three-dimensional perspective of an outside scene comprised of
the first paved surface and first paved surface markings located in the outside scene, andeach second paved surface and second paved surface markings of each second paved surface located in the outside scene; andmodify the image data set as a function of an image modification area, where
the image modification area is a portion of the image, andthe image data set is modified by inhibiting the visibility of the second paved surface markings for each second paved surface falling within the image modification area without inhibiting the visibility of the first paved surface, each second paved surface, and at least a part of the first paved surface markings of the first paved surface.