US 11,919,451 B2
Vehicle data display system
Atsuhide Kobashi, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Christopher Ostafew, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,141.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271556 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/27 (2022.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/30 (2022.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/05 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 1/27 (2022.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60R 1/30 (2022.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 17/05 (2013.01); B60R 2300/301 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8093 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle data display system, comprising:
a vehicle having a vehicle body structure;
an electronic display installed within the vehicle body structure;
a 3-D sensor installed to the vehicle body structure, the 3-D sensor being configured to scan areas forward of and along lateral sides of the vehicle producing cloud data where each data point of the cloud data corresponds to a surface point of a physical feature and includes distance, direction and vertical location of each surface point of the physical feature relative to the vehicle; and
an electronic controller connected to the electronic display and the 3-D sensor, the electronic controller receiving and evaluating the cloud data from the 3-D sensor generating a 3-D model of detected ones of the physical features around the vehicle including ground surfaces, non-drivable features and driving limiting features relative to the vehicle, where the non-drivable features are features that have a geometric relationships with adjacent portions of the ground surfaces and the driving limiting features are features vertically dimensioned such that caution is to be taken when driving over or on the driving limiting features,
the electronic controller is further configured to identify groups of data points that define a physical feature within a predetermined range of heights with no detected physical features being detected between the ground surfaces a lowest data point of the detected physical feature, the detected physical feature being designated as non-drivable features and are further designated as an overhanging feature including tree branches and roof structures that do not appear to be traversable by the vehicle.