Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan

Joseph F Szczerba

Manoj Sharma

Roy J Mathieu

Jacob Alan Bond

Ki Hyun Ahn

Ke Liu

Hannah Elizabeth Wagner

Aaron David Greer

Joonbum Lee

Hansol Rheem

John D Lee

A door handle locator system for a vehicle includes one or more modalities that provide sensory feedback to a user indicating a location of a door handle that is part of a door of the vehicle. The door handle locator system also includes one or more controllers in electronic communication with the one or more modalities. The one or more controllers execute instructions to receive a wireless signal indicating a location of the user with respect to the vehicle. The one or more controllers determine the user is approaching the vehicle based on the location of the user with respect to the vehicle. In response to determining the user is approaching the vehicle, the one or more controllers instruct the one or more modalities to provide the sensory feedback to the user indicating the location of the door handle.

Door handle locator system for a vehicle

A system for identifying hidden bodies and providing augmentation within a head up display of a vehicle including at least one front camera adapted to collect images of an environment in front of the vehicle within and adjacent to a roadway on which the vehicle is traveling, an augmented reality head up display adapted to project an image upon an inner surface of a windshield of the vehicle, an augmented reality display adapted to project an image within the windshield, the controller adapted to use a trained neural network stored therein to map images captured by the at least one front camera to light field camera images stored within the trained neural network and to identify hidden bodies within the images captured by the at least one front camera, and display, within a windshield of the vehicle, augmentation graphics for the identified hidden bodies.

Machine learning based HUD system with alerts for hidden bodies

A method for controlling the display of a vehicle includes receiving a video of a vehicle occupant inside the vehicle, detecting an action of the vehicle occupant of the vehicle using the video of the vehicle occupant inside the vehicle, and in response to detecting the action of the vehicle occupant, automatically adjusting a setting of the display of the vehicle based on the detected action of the vehicle occupant.

Automatic screen setting adjustment based on biological responses

A system for providing information to an occupant of a vehicle includes an automated driving system, a display configured to provide information to the occupant, and a controller in electrical communication with the automated driving system and the display. The controller is programmed to determine an automation confidence level for a location of interest using the automated driving system. The location of interest is a location in an environment surrounding the vehicle. The controller is further programmed to notify the occupant using the display based at least in part on the automation confidence level.

Displaying automated driving system status for vehicle occupant awareness

A wheel alignment detection system for a vehicle includes a plurality of sensors and a controller. Each of the plurality of sensors is configured to generate a signal. The controller is in communication with the plurality of sensors and is configured to: detect an external force exerted on the vehicle based on the signal from at least one of the plurality of sensors; determine whether the external force exerted on the vehicle has a magnitude that is between a first predetermined value and a second predetermined value; and command the vehicle to provide an alert in response to determining that the magnitude of the external force exerted on the vehicle is between the first predetermined value and the second predetermined value, wherein the alert is indicative that a wheel alignment check should be performed.

Automatic wheel alignment detection system and method for a vehicle

A head up display (HUD) system within a vehicle includes a controller adapted to initialize HUD graphics to be displayed by the HUD system within the vehicle, a projector adapted to project HUD graphics within a field of view of the HUD system onto an inner surface of a windshield of the vehicle, and a monitoring system adapted to collect real-time data of a head position and gaze direction of an occupant within the vehicle, wherein, the controller is further adapted to adapt the displayed HUD graphics, displayed by the HUD system, based on the real-time data of the head position and gaze direction of the occupant.

Adaptive head up display

A multi-functional control, a control system, and a method of controlling a system in a vehicle. The multi-functional control includes a base plate, a post extending through a slot in the base plate, and at least two stacked knobs, rotatably and tilt-ably attached to the post. The stacked knobs include a display knob and a base knob. The multi-functional control further includes a plurality of sensors. The sensors include a first touch sensor integrated in the display knob, a second touch sensor integrated in the base knob, a first rotary sensor integrated in the display knob, a second rotary sensor integrated in the base knob, a rocker switch connected to the stacked knobs, and a push-button switch connected to the stacked knobs. The multi-functional control also includes a sliding sensor. The post and stacked knobs are mounted to the sliding sensor.

Growing community of inventors

Macomb, MI, United States of America

Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan