| CPC G08G 1/133 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G08G 1/093 (2013.01); G08G 1/20 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/177 (2024.01); G02B 2027/0141 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
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1. A method for providing platooning information using a multifocal plane augmented reality display of a host vehicle, comprising:
receiving platooning data from at least one of a plurality of remote vehicles, wherein each of the plurality of remote vehicles is part of a platoon, the platooning data includes locations, trajectories, and headways of each of the plurality of remote vehicles, and the platoon has a length spanning along all of the plurality of remote vehicles;
determining whether the platoon is within a predetermined distance from the host vehicle using the platooning data;
in response to determining that the platoon is within the predetermined distance from the host vehicle using the platooning data, transmitting a command signal to the multi-focal plane augmented reality display of the host vehicle to display a virtual image on the multifocal plane augmented reality display, wherein the virtual image is indicative of a platooning action related to the platoon that is within the predetermined distance from the host vehicle, and the virtual image spans along an entirety of the length of the platoon to highlight the entirety of the length of the platoon;
receiving a vehicle-user goal data from a vehicle user of the host vehicle, wherein the vehicle-user goal data includes information about a goal of the vehicle user of the host vehicle;
in response to determining that the platoon is within the predetermined distance from the host vehicle using the platooning data, determining whether performing the platooning action is consistent the goal of the vehicle user of the host vehicle;
in response to determining that the platooning action is consistent with the goal of the vehicle user, commanding the multi-focal plane augmented reality display of the host vehicle to display the virtual image, wherein the virtual image includes a query asking the vehicle user whether to perform the platooning action; and
wherein the multi-focal plane augmented reality display has a first image plane and a second image plane, the first image plane shows a view of the outside world, the second image plane is reserved for displaying the virtual image, the second image plane spans a plurality of lanes of a roadway, the roadway has a roadway surface, the virtual image appears at a location farther on the roadway surface relative to the first image plane, the plurality of lanes includes a left lane, a central lane, and a right lane, the second image plane covers the left lane, the central lane, and the right lane;
wherein, in the central lane, the second image plane starts at a first predetermined distance from the host vehicle and ends at a second predetermined distance from the host vehicle, the second predetermined distance is greater than the first predetermined distance; and
wherein, in the left lane and the right lane, the second image plane is delimited by a sloped boundary that starts at the first predetermined distance from the host vehicle and ends at a third predetermined distance from the host vehicle, and the third predetermined distance is greater than the first predetermined distance and less than the second predetermined distance;
performing, by the host vehicle, the platooning action.
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