US 12,252,014 B2
Vehicle display control for color-impaired viewers
Yael Shmueli Friedland, Tel Aviv (IL); Asaf Degani, Tel Aviv (IL); Dan Levi, Ganei Tikvah (IL); Tzvi Philipp, Bet Shemesh (IL); and Eran Kishon, Hod Hasharon (IL)
Assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,416.
Prior Publication US 2024/0157791 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/65 (2024.01); B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 35/90 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/65 (2024.01); B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 35/90 (2024.01); B60K 2360/188 (2024.01); B60K 2360/56 (2024.01); B60K 2360/731 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A method of controlling a color display screen in a vehicle interior, comprising:
performing, via a host computer, a color calibration test of a potential user of the vehicle interior in which the user is subjected to a calibrated set of color-coded test information, the color-coded test information including colors in a standard red, green, blue (sRGB) gamut, including presenting the calibrated set of color-coded test information to the user via a display screen of the vehicle interior or a user device in remote communication with the host computer, the color-coded test information including standard red, green, blue (sRGB) symbols or graphics;
receiving, via the host computer, a color perception response of the user to the calibrated set of color-coded test information;
mapping a reduced visual gamut of the user via the host computer using the color perception response and a Daltonization algorithm, including:
converting the sRGB gamut and the color perception response of the user to a user-specific long, medium, short (LMS) response;
mapping the colors in the sRGB gamut to a new color palette using the LMS response; and
converting the new color palette back to the sRGB gamut using a color space conversion process;
identifying a color gap in which the reduced color gamut is not sufficiently large to generate at least three distinct discernable colors;
filling the color gap using icons, text, and/or graphics as an alternate signage formulation; and
commanding (i) an adjustment of user-specific color settings of the color display screen using the reduced visual gamut, and (ii) a display of the alternate signage formulation, to thereby accommodate a color perception deficiency of the user.