US 11,787,290 B2
Projection on a vehicle window
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); Kristopher Karl Brown, Dearborn, MI (US); John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US); and Hussein H. Berry, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,570.
Prior Publication US 2023/0053029 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01); B60K 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/30 (2013.01); B60R 25/10 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B60K 5/00 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/1004 (2013.01); B60R 25/305 (2013.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 9/31 (2013.01); B60K 2370/148 (2019.05); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/157 (2019.05); B60K 2370/177 (2019.05); B60K 2370/21 (2019.05); B60K 2370/31 (2019.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a camera aimed externally to a vehicle;
a window of the vehicle;
a projector positioned to project on the window; and
a computer communicatively coupled to the camera and the projector;
the computer being programmed to, upon receiving data from the camera indicating a first person outside the vehicle, instruct the projector to project an image on the window depicting a second person inside the vehicle.