US 11,780,331 B2
Methods and systems for displaying visual content on a motor vehicle and method for providing a motor vehicle
Kavita Saney, Fremont, CA (US); Kevin Gee, Union City, CA (US); and Sarah Plewe, Foster City, CA (US)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 18/9,367
Filed by MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed May 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/063783
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/249752, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2008759 (GB), filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191910 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 2370/161 (2019.05); B60K 2370/166 (2019.05); B60K 2370/334 (2019.05); B60K 2370/785 (2019.05)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for displaying visual content on a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computing system from a mobile electronic device, a user request data;
determining, by the computing system depending on the user request, visual content data representing the visual content;
selecting, by the computing system, a window from at least two windows of the motor vehicle;
generating, by the computing system, control data depending on the visual content data and the selected window; and
controlling a projection arrangement of the motor vehicle depending on the control data to project the visual content on the selected window,
wherein the method further comprises
receiving, by the computing system, a position signal representing a position of the mobile electronic device; and
selecting, by the computing system, the window from the at least two windows of the motor vehicle depending on the position or the position signal, and wherein the method further comprises
adjusting a light emission direction of the projection arrangement depending on the position, the position signal, or the selected window to project the visual content on the selected window; or
adjusting an orientation of the projection arrangement depending on the position, the position signal, or the selected window to project the visual content on the selected window.