VISUAL SEARCH ASSISTANCE FOR AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE

The invention relates to VISUAL SEARCH ASSISTANCE FOR AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE. A visual search assistance system and related operating method are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the method dynamically determines a desired line-of-sight vector from an occupant of a vehicle to a visual target,...

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Main Authors ROBERT E. DE MERS, JOHN F. L. SCHMIDT, PEDRO DAVALOS, MOHAMMED IBRAHIM MOHIDEEN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.01.2016
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:The invention relates to VISUAL SEARCH ASSISTANCE FOR AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE. A visual search assistance system and related operating method are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the method dynamically determines a desired line-of-sight vector from an occupant of a vehicle to a visual target, and dynamically determines, with an onboard tracking system of the vehicle, an actual line-of-sight vector for the occupant of the vehicle. The actual line-of-sight vector is temporally associated with the desired line-of-sight vector. The method compares the actual line-of-sight vector against the desired line-of-sight vector to obtain a difference measurement, and generates a notification when the obtained difference measurement exceeds a threshold value. The notification provides guidance to redirect a gaze direction of the occupant toward the visual target.
Bibliography:Application Number: CN201510397097