US 11,667,250 B2
Human machine interface for commercial vehicle camera systems
John S. Germaine, Northville, MI (US); Susan Kolinski, Walled Lake, MI (US); Dominik Marx, Novi, MI (US); and John Couperthwaite, Ypsilanti, MI (US)
Assigned to Stoneridge Electronics AB, Solna (SE)
Filed by Stoneridge Electronics AB, Solna (SE)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/342,745.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/041,176, filed on Jun. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0394686 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); G01S 13/08 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60R 1/12 (2013.01); G01S 13/08 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/301 (2013.01); B60R 2300/303 (2013.01); B60R 2300/305 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8046 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a vehicle camera system comprising:
receiving a first image from at least one video camera;
identifying a first object in the first image;
determining a distance between a vehicle component and the identified object, wherein the vehicle component is an ego part capable of moving independently of the vehicle;
modifying the first image by incorporating a human machine interface (HMI) within the first image, thereby creating a modified mirror-replacement image wherein the human machine interface includes a display configured to communicate the distance between the object and the vehicle component; and
displaying the modified image to a vehicle operator.