IP Library Granted Patent US 9,741,315
Granted Patent B2
US 9,741,315 · App. 14/276,635 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Adjusting a transparent display with an image capturing device

Inventor: Wes A. Nagara (Commerce Township, MI)
Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 9,741,315
App. No.
14/276,635
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for adjusting a transparent display an image capturing device is provided. The system includes an image receiving module to receive an image from the image capturing device, the image capturing device being situated on an opposing side in which the transparent display presents content; an interfacing module to interface with the transparent display; an analysis module to analyze the received image with the interfacing module to perform an analysis; and an output module to perform a display modification or an error indication based on the analysis.

Claims (31)

1. A system for adjusting a transparent display with an image capturing device, comprising:

a data store comprising a computer readable medium storing a program of instructions for the adjusting of the transparent display;

a processor that executes the program of instructions; wherein the processor is a circuit configured to:

receive an image from the image capturing device, the image capturing device being situated behind a side in which the transparent display presents content;

interface with the transparent display;

analyze the received image with the processor to perform an analysis;

perform an error indication based on the analysis, wherein the image capturing device is oriented to capture the image of content being presented on the transparent display, and

based on the analysis indicating that the captured image is different than data being propagated to the transparent display, the processor is further configured to detect an error, wherein the transparent display is an instrument cluster, and the image capturing device is installed in a dashboard portion of a vehicle in which the instrument cluster is installed in,

wherein the detected error is a difference between information from the image and another sensor, and

wherein the analysis further comprises detecting an outside environmental condition, wherein the outside environmental condition pertains to external lighting, and

the processor is configured to modify the transparent display based on the outside environment condition.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to detect a face observing the transparent display.

3. The system according to claim 2 , based on the detected face, performs the transparent display modification.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the detected facial feature are eyes of the face squinting.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the another sensor is a speedometer.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the detected error is a software bug.

7. A system for adjusting a transparent display with an image capturing device, comprising:

a data store comprising a computer readable medium storing a program of instructions for the adjusting of the transparent display;

a processor that executes the program of instructions;

wherein the processor is a circuit configured to:

receive an image from the image capturing device, the image capturing device being situated behind a side in which the transparent display presents content; interface with the transparent display;

analyze the received image with the processor to perform an analysis; and

perform a transparent display modification or an error indication based on the analysis, wherein the system is installed in a vehicle, wherein the image capturing device is oriented to capture the image of content being presented on the transparent display, and based on the analysis indicating that the captured image is different than data bang propagated to the transparent display, the processor is further configured to detect an error, wherein the transparent display is an instrument cluster, and the image capturing device is installed in a dashboard portion of a vehicle in which the instrument duster is installed in,

wherein the detected error is a difference between information from the image and another sensor, and

wherein the analysis further comprises detecting an outside environmental condition, wherein the outside environmental condition pertains to external lighting, and

the processor is further configured to modify the transparent display based on the outside environment condition.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to detect a face observing the transparent display.

9. The system according to claim 8 , based on the detected face, performs the transparent display modification.

10. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the detected facial feature are eyes of the face squinting.

11. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the another is a speedometer.

12. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the detected error is a software bug.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2014
From: NAGARA, WES A.
To: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 032885/0121 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61842783 · Jul 3, 2013
Related Publication 20150009126A1 · Jan 8, 2015