Vehicle Gaze Guidance Across Multiple Driver Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern vehicles often confuse drivers with multiple screens located at different positions, leading to confusion and reduced safety during maneuvers, especially for new drivers.
Innovation Solution
A gaze directing system that includes cameras, sensors, and displays, controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU), which determines the optimal display for the driver to gaze at based on vehicle conditions such as shift position, speed, steering angle, and turn signals, and generates a gaze indicator to guide the driver.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple screens are installed in different positions within the vehicle cabin, then the driver can access various vehicle maneuvers and camera feeds, but the driver becomes confused and overwhelmed when searching for the specific screen displaying live video
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of visual indicators (such as icons or highlights) that are displayed on the instrument panel or dashboard to guide the driver's attention to the specific screen or display showing the relevant camera feed. This intermediary visual cue acts as a mediator between the multiple available screens and the driver's attention, eliminating the need for the driver to search through multiple displays.
2Reliability
If multiple displays are positioned at different locations in the vehicle, then comprehensive vehicle monitoring is enabled, but the driver loses time searching for the correct display during critical maneuvers
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-positioning visual indicators that show which display should be attended to before the driver needs to make a maneuver. The indicators are prepared in advance based on the detected vehicle state (reverse gear, turn signals, etc.), so when the driver needs to perform a maneuver, the correct display is already highlighted and ready for immediate attention, eliminating search time.
3Area of stationary object
If numerous screens and cameras are installed to aid vehicle maneuvers, then comprehensive coverage of surrounding area is achieved, but the driver becomes overwhelmed by the number of available displays
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts or isolates the relevant information from among the multiple available displays by using visual indicators to highlight only the specific screen or portion of a screen that contains the information the driver needs at that moment. This extraction principle allows the comprehensive camera coverage to remain while simplifying the driver's task by presenting only the necessary display.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and devices for directing a gaze of a driver of a vehicle. A gaze directing system may include one or more displays located on or within the vehicle. The system may further include an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the one or more displays. The ECU may determine or receive a plurality of conditions of the vehicle including a current shift position, a current vehicle speed, a current steering angle, and a current turn signal status. The ECU may further select a display of the one or more displays or a portion of the one or more displays that the driver should gaze at based on one or more conditions of the plurality of conditions. The ECU may further generate a gaze indicator indicating the selected display or the selected portion that the driver should gaze at.