Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Volvo Car Corporation

Anthony Gerald King

Robert Bruce Kleve

Brian Bennie

Jeffrey Thomas Remillard

Aaron Lewis Mills

Wilford Trent Yopp

Brian Wolski

Matus Banyay

Corinne Mentell

Yusheng Li

Stuart C Salter

Roger Arnold Trombley

Thomas Edward Pilutti

Thomas Lee Miller

Cynthia M Neubecker

Eric L Reed

David Anthony Hatton

Jayanthi Rao

Alex Maurice Miller

David Celinske

Kevin Thomas Hille

John Anthony DeMarco

Scott Howard Gaboury

Todd Ansbacher

Jian Wan

Jeff Allen Greenberg

John Curtis Hickey

Andreas Eidehall

Joel Thomas Pierce

Wangdong Luo

Mark Alan Shehan

James Andrew Miloser

Marcus Haefner

Gyu Myeong Joh

Patrick Badaru

James F Krizman

Robert Lietz

Jolanta Budek

Charlie Yung Kang Hung

Michael Berens

Rafal Golab

Agnieszka Zielonka

Charlie Hung

Responsive to a magnitude of current associated with power from a vehicle being supplied to upfitter loads approaching a predefined threshold, a controller discontinues supply of power to vehicle loads according to a user defined priority order of the vehicle loads such that the vehicle loads of lowest priority among the priority order of the vehicle loads are sequentially shed to maintain the magnitude less than the predefined threshold.

Automotive power supply, upfitter module architectures, and user defined load shedding related to same

A set of training images are input into a neural network that outputs a pixel-wise phase matrix identifying pixels in the training images. Based on the pixel-wise phase matrix, a spatial light modulator (SLM) is actuated to output, onto a vehicle windshield, an augmented reality (AR) image including a plurality of sub-images each output in one of a plurality of focal planes. Each training image corresponds to one respective sub-image. A feedback image of the AR image is obtained via an image sensor. An offset is determined based on comparing the training images to the feedback image. Parameters of a loss function are updated based on the offset, and the updated parameters are provided to the neural network to obtain an updated offset.

Multi-plane augmented reality image generation

A hybrid projector apparatus for a vehicle includes a heads-up display (HUD) projector disposed in a housing that includes a transparent area. The hybrid projector apparatus includes a holographic optical elements (HOE) projector supported by and at least partly exterior to the housing and is arranged to project light through the transparent area.

Hybrid vehicle projector

Apparatus and method for designing an optical extender for a vehicle heads up display (HUD). An example vehicle includes a windshield and a HUD system. The HUD system includes an image source to provide a projection image and a main mirror to project the projection image onto the windshield. The image source and the main mirror define a light path. The HUD system also includes an optical extender between the main mirror and the windshield. The optical extender has a multi-polynomial top surface that modifies light in the light path to, when the light in the light path intersects the windshield, create an optical path wherein a virtual image of the projection image is visible from an eyebox defined within a cabin of the vehicle.

Optical extender for vehicle heads up displays

A computer-implemented remote starting method includes instructing the remote start of a vehicle using a wireless device. The method also includes inputting, to the wireless device, a desired vehicle interior temperature. The method further includes sending a remote start instruction to a vehicle from the wireless device, including at least the desired temperature and monitoring a current temperature of the vehicle. The method additionally includes outputting, on the wireless device, the current vehicle temperature.

Methods and apparatus for wireless device application having vehicle interaction

The invention relates to a head-up display system, in particular in the form of a head-up display system for displaying graphical elements on the windshield () of a motor vehicle, with a projection unit () arranged in the area of the front vehicle dashboard () of the motor vehicle, which is configured to emit preferably p-polarized light rays () preferably in the direction of a part of the windshield () providing a projection surface (), wherein the windshield () is configured to reflect the light rays emitted by the projection unit (). To enable a flexible adjustability of the reflection angle of the light rays incident on the windshield, to prevent the occurrence of the 'ghost' effect and to ensure a cost-effective production of the head-up display system and of the windshield, a nanostructure () formed of structural elements () is provided at least in the part of the windshield () providing the projection surface (), wherein the structural elements () are inclined at an angle of inclination (&#x3b3;) in relation to a surface normal (N) of the windshield ().

Head-up display system for a vehicle

A broadcast filtering system for a vehicle includes a controller programmed to, in response to receiving a commercial offering from a broadcasting business via a dedicated short-range network broadcast and identifying a match between a classification associated with the business and a user-defined preferred classification associated with the vehicle, display the offering, and, in response to identifying no match between the respective classifications, prevent the display.

Filtering a DSRC broadcast based on user-defined preferences

A vehicle system may include a controller configured to receive a height selection indicating a vehicle height from a plurality of vehicle height options, detect, via a first sensor, a low clearance structure and determine a clearance height, compare the vehicle height with the clearance height; and generate an alert in response to the vehicle height being greater than the clearance height.

System for determining clearance of approaching overhead structure

A collision mitigation system for a vehicle may include a forward sensing system and at least one controller in communication with the forward sensing system. The forward sensing system may be configured to detect objects in front of the vehicle. The at least one controller may be configured to determine whether the vehicle can be steered into a path along side of the vehicle to avoid a collision with detected objects in front of the vehicle and to issue a command to brake the vehicle if the vehicle cannot be steered into the path along side of the vehicle.

Collision mitigation system and method for braking a vehicle

A vehicle system for detecting low clearance locations may include a controller configured to access a geographical information database configured to maintain a plurality of predefined points of interest defined by a clearance height. The controller may communicate with a first sensor to detect a low clearance structure and determine, via a second sensor, a location of the low clearance structure. The controller may update the geographical information database with the location of the low clearance structure to generate a point of interest.

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.

Vehicle image display

An apparatus for detecting a personal communication device (PCD) in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes one or more near field communication (NFC) devices positioned about a driver zone of the vehicle for being wirelessly coupled to the PCD. The PCD is configured to (i) determine if the vehicle is moving above a predetermined vehicle speed, (ii) wirelessly transmit a first signal to the one or more NFC devices in the vehicle, and (iii) determine that the PCD is positioned in the driver zone of the vehicle in response to a second signal from the one or more NFC devices.

Apparatus and method for detecting a personal communication device in a vehicle

An Advance Driver Assistance System of a vehicle collects measurements for a driving event, including GPS coordinates for a specific location from the EH system, and logs the data into an on-vehicle database. The ADAS uses the data in the on-vehicle database to develop a history associated with the specific location. Information, including GPS coordinates and recorded false output warnings, may be shared between the on-vehicle database and an off-vehicle database, such as associated with and Electronic Horizon system, providing an opportunity to significantly improve the feature performance of the ADAS. Driver assist information may be compiled between the off-vehicle database and the on-vehicle database, thereby continuously updating the knowledge base of the ADAS and optimizing feature performance of the ADAS over the life of the vehicle.

Advanced driver assistance system feature performance using off-vehicle communications

A vehicle with a front fascia and a decorative badge integrated with the fascia. A rear surface of the badge is attached to a front portion of the fascia. The portion of the fascia to which the badge is attached is the badge mounting region, and the fascia's portion surrounding the badge mounting region is the fascia surrounding region. A radar system mounted behind the fascia emits radar beams in forward direction, which are intercepted by the fascia and the badge in the badge mounting region, and by the fascia, in the fascia surrounding region The rear surface of the fascia in the badge mounting region is indented the amount of the badge's average thickness, and the cumulative average thickness of the badge and the fascia material in the badge mounting region remains uniform throughout, equal to the average thickness of the fascia in the fascia surrounding region.

Radar compatible automotive badge and fascia

A system and method for displaying information within a vehicle is described. The system includes at least one sensing device detecting a set of data associated with the vehicle, driver, or surroundings, which is processed using a processing unit for identifying a set of information to be displayed. The system also includes a set of display devices coupled to the vehicle. A router selects one or more display devices for displaying the display element based on a set of conditions. A display control unit generates an appropriate display element for the set of information identified and the selected display.

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Anthony Gerald King