US 11,807,260 B2
Method for operating a driver information system in an ego-vehicle and driver information system
Gordon Seitz, Ehra-Lessien (DE); Johanna Sandbrink, Braunschweig (DE); and Marie Puhle, Gifhorn (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/434,149
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/054300
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/173770, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 202 581.1 (DE), filed on Feb. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169274 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 40/072 (2012.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 40/072 (2013.01); B60K 2370/165 (2019.05); B60K 2370/178 (2019.05); B60K 2370/191 (2019.05); B60K 2370/193 (2019.05); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2552/30 (2020.02); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a driver information system in an ego vehicle, comprising:
detecting a course of a road lying in front of the ego vehicle in the driving direction, including detecting a radius of curvature of a curve in the road;
detecting a lateral position of the ego vehicle relative to the road;
generating and outputting a driver information display;
wherein the driver information display comprises (a) a graphic lane object that represents the detected course of the road and (b) an ego vehicle object comprising a representative image of the ego vehicle;
wherein the graphic lane object comprises the detected radius of curvature of the curve in a perspective representation;
dynamically adjusting a lateral position of the ego vehicle object relative to the graphic lane object as displayed in the driver information display based on the detected lateral position of the ego vehicle relative to the road.