US 12,103,548 B2
Method for operating a driver information system in an ego-vehicle and driver information system
Gordon Seitz, Ehra-Lessien (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/433,709
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/054305
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/173773, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 202 586.2 (DE), filed on Feb. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135062 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G07C 5/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); G07C 5/02 (2013.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01); B60K 2360/168 (2024.01); B60K 2360/171 (2024.01); B60K 2360/175 (2024.01); B60K 2360/177 (2024.01); B60K 2360/5915 (2024.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4045 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01)] 17 Claims
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7. A driver information system for an ego vehicle, comprising:
a detector that is configured to capture environment data in an environment of the ego vehicle;
an evaluation circuit that is configured to identify an additional road user by using the recorded environment data; and
a control circuit that is configured to produce and output a driver information display; wherein
the driver information display comprises a graphic road user object which represents the additional road user; wherein
the evaluation circuit is furthermore configured to determine a depiction-relevant feature of the additional road user; and
the control circuit is furthermore configured to generate the road user object assigned to the additional road user depending on the depiction-relevant feature; wherein
the depiction-relevant feature relates to a planned driving maneuver of the additional road user; and
the driver information display includes a driving maneuver object that is assigned to the road user object;
the driver information system being further configured to:
capture second environment data in the environment of the ego-vehicle at a second, later time;
identify again the additional road user based on the captured second environment data; and
generate a specific additional road user object which replaces the first depicted graphic road user object in the driver information display; wherein
the specific graphic road user object has a greater specificity than the first depicted graphic road user object.