Graphical vehicle command system for autonomous vehicles on full windshield head-up display

摘要

A method to control operation of a vehicle based upon a user input from a user of the vehicle to a graphic projection display representing a registered graphic to a view in front of the vehicle includes projecting the registered graphic to the view in front of the vehicle upon the graphic projection display, monitoring the user input to the graphic projection display, and controlling the operation of the vehicle based upon the user input to the graphic projection display.

主权项

1. Method to control operation of a vehicle based upon a user input from a user of the vehicle to a graphic projection display representing a registered graphic to a view in front of the vehicle, the method comprising:
monitoring, at an enhanced vision system (EVS) system manager, a user eye location; projecting, at a graphics system, the registered graphic to the view in front of the vehicle at a location upon the graphic projection display, comprising:
monitoring, at the EVS system manager, a command selection to be presented to the user of the vehicle,monitoring, at the EVS system manager, the view in front of the vehicle,monitoring, at the EVS system manager, a location of an object or feature corresponding to the command selection using at least one of vehicle sensors and a wireless connection, the object or feature visible through a transparent windscreen of the vehicle in the view in front of the vehicle;determining, at EVS system manager, the registered graphic representing the command selection based upon the view in front of the vehicle, and the user eye location, wherein the location of the registered graphic projected upon the graphic projection display is indicated to the location of the object or feature visible through the transparent windscreen of the vehicle; monitoring, at the EVS system manager, an estimated user gaze location based on the monitored user eye location, the user gaze location corresponding to a point on the view in front of the vehicle where eyes of the user are currently focused; monitoring, at the EVS system manger, the user input to the graphic projection display, the user input comprising a hand gesture of the user, determining, at the EVS system manager, a portion of the graphic projection display at which the user input is indicated based upon the estimated user gaze location; and activating, at the EVS system manager, the command selection based on the portion of the graphic projection display at which the user input is indicated to include the location of the registered graphic upon the graphic projection display.