IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,547,172
Granted Patent B2
US 9,547,172 · App. 14/512,575 · Granted Jan 17, 2017

Vehicle image display

Inventors: Jeffrey Thomas Remillard (Ypsilanti, MI); Anthony Gerald King (Ann Arbor, MI); Jeff Allen Greenberg (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
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Patent No.
US 9,547,172
App. No.
14/512,575
Granted
Jan 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heads up display system includes a computer that is programmed to receive data from one or more sources in a vehicle. The computer is further programmed to identify respective subsets of the data to be provided to respective ones of a plurality of display devices, and to provide the respective subsets of the data to the respective display devices.

Claims (29)

1. A heads-up display system, comprising:

a plurality of display devices; and

a computer programmed to receive data from one or more sources in a vehicle, and to provide the data to each of the display devices;

wherein at least one of the display devices is arranged to provide a first display on a vehicle pillar and at least one of the display devices is arranged to provide a second display on one of a vehicle instrument panel, a vehicle exterior, and a vehicle windscreen, whereby at least two displays are provided.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein one of displays provides image data, and one of the displays provides data from a vehicle controller or vehicle sensor.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein one of the displays is provided exterior to a vehicle that includes a virtual image superimposed on an external environment of the vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first display includes a first subset of the data and the second display includes a second subset of the data, wherein the first subset of the data and the second subset of the data have no data in common.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein one of the displays includes data relating to a status of at least one vehicle component, and another of the displays includes navigation data.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the displays is mounted on a vehicle instrument panel.

7. A heads-up display system, comprising:

at least three display devices; and

a computer programmed to receive data from one or more sources in a vehicle, and to provide respective subsets of the data to each of the display devices;

wherein each of the display devices is arranged to provide a display at a respective location with respect to the vehicle, a first one of the locations being on a vehicle pillar, and a second one of the locations being on a component selected from the group consisting of a vehicle instrument panel, a vehicle exterior, and a vehicle windscreen.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein one of the displays is provided at a location exterior to a vehicle and includes a virtual image superimposed on an external environment of the vehicle.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first display includes a first subset of the data and the second display includes a second subset of the data, wherein the first subset of the data and the second subset of the data have no data in common.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein one of the displays includes data relating to a status of at least one vehicle component, and another of the displays includes navigation data.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the displays is mounted on a vehicle instrument panel.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the displays are tiled to extend for substantially an entire width of a vehicle windscreen.

13. A computing device that includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the computing device is programmed to:

receive data from one or more sources in a vehicle;

identify respective subsets of the data to be provided to respective ones of a plurality of display devices; and

provide the respective subsets of the data to the respective display devices according to respective locations of displays provided by the respective display devices, a first one of the locations being on a vehicle pillar, and a second one of the locations being on a component selected from the group consisting of one of a vehicle instrument panel, a vehicle exterior, and a vehicle windscreen.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the device is installed in a vehicle.

15. The device of claim 13 , wherein the device is communicatively coupled to the display devices.

16. The device of claim 13 , wherein one of displays provides image data, and one of the displays provides data from a vehicle controller or vehicle sensor.

17. The device of claim 13 , wherein one of the displays is provided exterior to a vehicle that includes a virtual image superimposed on an environment of the vehicle.

18. The device of claim 13 , wherein the first display includes a first subset of the data and the second display includes a second subset of the data, wherein the first subset of the data and the second subset of the data have no data in common.

19. The device of claim 13 , wherein one of the displays includes data relating to a status of at least one vehicle component, and another of the displays includes navigation data.

20. The device of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the displays is mounted on a vehicle instrument panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2014
From: REMILLARD, JEFFREY THOMAS; KING, ANTHONY GERALD; GREENBERG, JEFF ALLEN
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Continuity (1)
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