IP Library Granted Patent US 10,486,549
Granted Patent B2
US 10,486,549 · App. 14/713,602 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

Parking assist overlay

Inventors: Brad Alan Ignaczak (Canton, MI); Ali Hassani (Ann Arbor, MI); Adil Nizam Siddiqui (Farmington Hills, MI); Paul Theodosis (Ann Arbor, MI); Christopher W. Bell (Livonia, MI); Thomas Edward Pilutti (Ann Arbor, MI); Brian Bennie (Sterling Heights, MI)
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
B60L53/60B60R1/00B62D15/029G06T11/00B60R2300/305B60R2300/806
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Patent No.
US 10,486,549
App. No.
14/713,602
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle system includes a camera and a display device. The camera is configured to capture an image and the display device is programmed to display the image. Each image includes a target, and the display device displays a virtual overlay on the image. The virtual overlay is displayed on the display device at a fixed location.

Claims (29)

1. A vehicle system comprising:

a first camera configured to capture a first image including a first target;

a second camera configured to capture a second image including a second target; and

a display device programmed to display a virtual overhead view of a vehicle based on the first image and the second image,

wherein the virtual overhead view includes: a first virtual overlay ahead of the virtual overhead view of the vehicle, a second virtual overlay behind the virtual overhead view of the vehicle, a virtual representation of the first target, and a virtual representation of the second target so that the vehicle may be charged wirelessly when both the first virtual overlay is aligned with the first target and the second virtual overlay is aligned with the second target,

wherein the first virtual overlay and the second virtual overlay are displayed on the display device at a fixed orientation relative to the vehicle.

2. The vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the first image includes an area ahead of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle system of claim 2 , wherein the area ahead of the vehicle includes an area in a direction of travel of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the second image includes an area behind the vehicle.

5. The vehicle system of claim 4 , wherein the area behind the vehicle includes an area opposite a direction of travel of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the first virtual overlay displayed on the virtual overhead view and the first target have the same geometric shape.

7. The vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the first target and second target are associated with aligning the vehicle with a wireless charging station.

8. The vehicle system of claim 1 , wherein the display device is programmed to display one of the first image and the second image simultaneously with displaying the virtual overhead view based at least in part on a direction of travel of a vehicle relative to a wireless charging station.

9. A method comprising:

capturing a first image;

capturing a second image;

displaying one of the first image and the second image on a display device, wherein the first image includes a first target and the second image includes a second target;

generating a first virtual overlay;

generating a second virtual overlay;

generating a virtual representation of the first target;

generating a virtual representation of the second target; and

displaying the first virtual overlay, the second virtual overlay, the virtual representation of the first target, and the virtual representation of the second target in a virtual overhead view of a vehicle so that the vehicle may be charged wirelessly when both the first virtual overlay is aligned with the first target and the second virtual overlay is aligned with the second target, wherein the first virtual overlay is displayed ahead of the virtual overhead view of the vehicle and wherein the second virtual overlay is displayed behind the virtual overhead view of the vehicle, wherein the first virtual overlay and the second virtual overlay are displayed in the virtual overhead view at a fixed orientation relative to the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first image includes an area ahead of the vehicle and wherein the second image includes an area behind the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the area ahead of the vehicle includes an area in a direction of travel of the vehicle and wherein the area behind the vehicle includes an area opposite the direction of travel of the vehicle.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first virtual overlay displayed on the first image has a different geometric shape than the second virtual overlay displayed on the second image.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first target in the first image and the first virtual overlay have a first geometric shape.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second target in the second image and the second virtual overlay have a second geometric shape.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first geometric shape is different from the second geometric shape.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first and second targets are associated with aligning a vehicle with a wireless charging station.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT TO ADD INVENTOR BRAD ALAN IGNAZAK WHO WAS INADVERTENTLY OMITTED FROM THE COVER SHEET PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 035650 FRAME: 0753. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 29, 2015
From: IGNACZAK, BRAD ALAN; HASSANI, ALI; SIDDIQUI, ADIL NIZAM; THEODOSIS, PAUL; BELL, CHRISTOPHER W.; PILUTTI, THOMAS EDWARD; BENNIE, BRIAN
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 036030/0617 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2015
From: BELL, CHRISTOPHER W.; BENNIE, BRIAN; HASSANI, ALI; PILUTTI, THOMAS EDWARD; SIDDIQUI, ADIL NIZAM; THEODOSIS, PAUL
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 035650/0753 →
Continuity (1)
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