US 12,233,713 B2
HUD park assist
Edo Omanovic, Livonia, MI (US); and Robert Napier, Walled Lake, MI (US)
Assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/592,418.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/741,720, filed on Oct. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0108721 A1, Apr. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/149 (2024.01); B60K 2360/176 (2024.01); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); G02B 2027/0181 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle having a human driver, comprising:
a camera positioned and configured to capture images of a space in front of the vehicle, the space being blocked from view of the driver by a hood of the vehicle;
a collision sensor configured to detect a state wherein a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle that is disposed within the space could potentially occur, the obstacle being blocked from view of the driver by the hood of the vehicle; and
a head up display configured to operate in either a first mode or a second mode, in the first mode the head up display producing first virtual images that are visible to the driver, the first virtual images being independent of the images captured by the camera, in the second mode the head up display producing second virtual images that are visible to the driver, the second virtual images being dependent upon the images captured by the camera, the second virtual images being below a hood line of the motor vehicle as viewed by the driver, the head up display being configured to switch from the first mode to the second mode in response to receiving a signal from the collision sensor indicative of a state wherein a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle that is disposed within the space could potentially occur, wherein the second virtual images are presented to the driver only if the vehicle is in a drive gear such that the vehicle is configured to move in a forward direction, and wherein the second virtual images are substantially aligned with an eye of the driver and the obstacle that is disposed within the space that is blocked from view of the driver by the hood of the vehicle.