US 12,351,202 B2
Traffic situation-dependent control of a virtual reality device
Christoph Weigand, Gaimersheim (DE); and Stefan Mayer, Gaimersheim (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 17/922,159
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/060064
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/219414, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 111 827.9 (DE), filed on Apr. 30, 2020; and application No. 10 2020 117 852.2 (DE), filed on Jul. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0174090 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [G06F 1/163 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a virtual reality (VR) device of a user in a vehicle interior of a vehicle via a communication link, the method comprising:
obtaining evaluated vehicle data via the communication link;
classifying at least one traffic event on basis of the evaluated vehicle data; and
generating control commands to control the VR device to signal a requirement of a vehicle passenger to communicate with the user of the VR device so as to alert the user of the VR device to a response of the vehicle to the at least one traffic event.