US 11,654,771 B1
Multi-view display device for a co-pilot application of a motor vehicle
Kai-Han Chang, Sterling Heights, MI (US); Thomas A. Seder, Fraser, MI (US); Joseph F. Szczerba, Grand Blanc, MI (US); and John P. Weiss, Shelby Township, MI (US)
Assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,794.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); B60K 2370/149 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1529 (2019.05); B60K 2370/334 (2019.05); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0181 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-view display device for a collaborative co-pilot system of a vehicle having a windshield, with the collaborative co-pilot system including at least one input device for generating an input signal indicative of data associated with at least one of the vehicle, a road condition, another vehicle, and a Vulnerable Road User, the multi-view display device comprising:
a road detection module for generating a road signal associated with a road geometry that is visible through the windshield and located within a field of view of a corresponding single users;
at least one single-user viewing device comprising:
an Augmented Reality Head Up Display module (ARHUD) for generating a dedicated display associated with the road condition, the ARHUD for projecting the dedicated display onto a portion of the windshield that is visible to the corresponding single user and overlaying the road geometry associated with the road condition; and
an eye tracker device for generating a user signal associated with a location of an eye of the corresponding single user;
an Extended View Display module (EV display module) for generating a common display that is visible to a plurality of users including each one of the single users; and
a computer including at least one processor electrically communicating with the at least one input device, the at least one single-user viewing device, and the EV display module, where the computer further includes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions such that the at least one processor is programmed to:
receive the input signal from the at least one input device;
receive the user signal from the eye tracker device;
determine a dedicated section of the windshield overlaying the road geometry associated with the road condition in response to the at least one processor receiving the road signal from the road detection module and the user signal from the eye tracker device;
generate a dedicated actuation signal and a common actuation signal in response to the at least one processor receiving the input signal from the at least one input device; and
generate the dedicated actuation signal in further response to the at least one processor determining the dedicated section of the windshield overlaying the road geometry;
wherein the ARHUD projects the dedicated display onto the dedicated section of the windshield overlaying the associated road geometry in response to the ARHUD receiving the dedicated actuation signal from the at least one processor; and
wherein the EV display module projects the common display onto the windshield in response to the EV display module receiving the common actuation signal from the at least one processor.