Method and system for in-vehicle sensor range and FOV AR visualization
Some embodiments of a method disclosed herein may include: receiving a predicted driving route, sensor ranges of sensors on an autonomous vehicle (AV), and sensor field-of-view (FOV) data; determining whether minimum sensor visibility requirements are met along the predicted driving route; predicting blind areas along the predicted driving route, wherein the predicted blind areas are determined to have potentially diminished sensor visibility; and displaying an augmented reality (AR) visualization of the blind areas using an AR display device.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a predicted driving route of a vehicle, and sensor range and sensor field-of-view (FOV) data for sensors on the vehicle;
predicting sensor blind areas along the predicted driving route of the vehicle, wherein the predicted sensor blind areas are determined from the received sensor range and sensor field-of-view data and the predicted driving route of the vehicle; and
displaying an augmented reality (AR) visualization of the predicted sensor blind areas along the predicted driving route of the vehicle using an AR display.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predicted sensor blind areas are areas along the predicted driving route where one or more of sensor range and sensor field-of-view are below a predetermined threshold.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the AR visualization includes the predicted driving route.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein predicting sensor blind areas comprises determining a plurality of locations along the predicted driving route of the vehicle where the one or more sensor range and sensor field-of-view are below the predetermined threshold.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein predicting sensor blind areas comprises continually determining locations of blind areas along the predicted driving route.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein displaying the AR visualization of the sensor blind areas comprises projecting the AR visualization of the sensor blind areas using an in-vehicle augmented reality projection system.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein displaying the AR visualization of the sensor blind areas comprises displaying an outline of areas on a map indicating the sensor blind areas.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising changing a driving mode of the vehicle based on the predicted sensor blind areas along the predicted driving route.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the driving mode of the vehicle is one selected from the group consisting of manual mode, driver assist mode, and fully-autonomous mode.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving sensor range and sensor field-of-view (FOV) data for sensors on a second vehicle;
predicting sensor blind areas along the predicted driving route of the vehicle, wherein the predicted sensor blind areas are determined from the sensor range and sensor field-of-view data and the predicted driving route of the vehicle, and the sensor range and sensor field-of view data for sensors on the second vehicle.