US 11,670,201 B2
Method and device for influencing an optical output of image data on an output device in a vehicle
Thomas Schmid, Nufringen (DE); Holger Enzmann, Altdorf (DE); Christian Patzelt, Stuttgart (DE); Gerd Gulde, Ammerbuch (DE); and Nina Hallier, Schönaich (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/600,656
Filed by DAIMLER AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/057060
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/200720, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 002 403.6 (DE), filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0198971 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/002 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); B60K 2370/149 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1529 (2019.05); B60K 2370/21 (2019.05); B60K 2370/33 (2019.05); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2340/14 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2380/10 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an optical output of image data on an output device in a vehicle, the method comprising:
determining, in the vehicle, a viewing direction of a driver of the vehicle;
fading out, responsive to determining that the viewing direction of the driver of the vehicle is directed to the output device, the optical output of the image data with an average fading out rate DOWN, wherein the fading out rate DOWN defines a temporal decrease in the optical perceptibility of the output image data by a human; and
fading in, responsive to determining that the viewing direction of the driver is directed towards the output device and then is directed away from the output device, the optical output of the image data with an average fading in rate UP, wherein the fading in rate UP defines a temporal increase of the optical perceptibility of the output image data by the human, the method further comprising
determining a frequency at which the viewing direction of the driver is directed towards the output device or the viewing direction of the driver is directed away from the output device, wherein the fading out rate DOWN is increased or the fading in rate UP is reduced as the determined frequency increases.