Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Joseph F Szczerba

Thomas A Seder

Dehua Cui

John P Weiss

Manoj Sharma

Kai-Han Chang

Roy J Mathieu

John K Lenneman

Jacob Alan Bond

Ki Hyun Ahn

Adrian B Chernoff

Omer Tsimhoni

Gary P Bertollini

Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan

Julien Montousse

Daniel S Glaser

Dhruv Patel

Jan Henning Aase

Yi G Glaser

Robert C Jablonski

Christopher E Borroni-Bird

Tzvi Philipp

James Thomas Embach

Brian S Repa

Abbas Mohammed

Hannah Elizabeth Wagner

Steven Landry

Paul Edward Krajewski

Sanjeev Manubhai Naik

Mohsen D Shabana

Ke Liu

Scott P Geisler

Mary Ellen DeCaluwe

Fahim Javid

Linda Sala Angell

Louise E Stauffer

Jim K Rainbolt

Spencer W Chamberlain

Alan M Baum

Pallavi Gautam

Sri Krishna Divya Pemmaraju

Branden G Neish

Shelley Evenson

Nancy L Johnson

Alan L Browne

Paul W Alexander

Donald K Grimm

Xiaosong Huang

Xinyu Du

Robert Louis Vitale

Dorel M Sala

Sai Vishnu Aluru

Lawrence A Bush

Michael A Wuergler

Shiv G Patel

Bobin Kil

Carl W Wellborn

Peggy Wang

Jingyan Wan

Jay H Sim

Rupesh S Kakade

David R Fischer

Janet S Goings

Peng Lu

Joseph Neighbors

Justin K Francisco

Sandra N Thomson

Guy N Kennerly

Morgan Lee McCann

Danielle A Cory

Joseph Bilderbeck

James V Roell

Udo Schultheis

William J Ochalek

Ann K Duffy

Joseph Philip McLaine

Cynthia A Nicholson

Alan D Hejl

Joonbum Lee

David Alexander Hinz

Aaron David Greer

Alexander Matthews

Hansol Rheem

John D Lee

Jodi Forlizzi

Kevin William Rypstra

Alicia Napoleon

Maureen Elizabeth August

Paul Gill

Jeffrey Rupert Cooke

Tricia E Neiiendam

Richard L Greatbatch

Madalyn Theresa Eudy

Roger L Hersberger

William C Barley

A system for providing warning to an occupant within a vehicle prior to the occupant exiting the vehicle includes a plurality of onboard sensors adapted to collect information related to an environment outside the vehicle, an occupant monitoring system adapted to monitor and detect movement of the occupant within the vehicle, a display screen adapted to be viewed by the occupant within the vehicle, a system controller adapted to detect when the occupant within the vehicle is about to exit the vehicle, detect a position of the occupant within the vehicle, display, on the display screen, a view of an environment outside of the vehicle, determine if there is a hazardous object within the environment outside of the vehicle, and classify the hazardous object, and provide augmented reality alerts within the display screen.

Augmented reality door opening warning

A graphics projector for use in a vehicle includes a light source module. The light source module may include an LED array configured to produce a source light. The light source module further includes an optical filter in optical communication with the led array. The optical filter is configured to receive the source light and transmit a filtered light. The light source module further includes a focusing lens in optical communication with the optical filter. The focusing lens is configured to receive the filtered light and transmit a narrow-beam light. The graphics projector also includes an optical collimator in optical communication with the light source module. The optical collimator is configured to receive the narrow-beam light and transmit a collimated light. The graphics projector also includes an optoelectrical mirror in optical communication with the optical collimator. The optoelectrical mirror is configured to direct the collimated light to form a graphic.

Graphics projector for use in a vehicle

A system for providing an alert to an occupant within a vehicle includes a system controller in communication with a plurality of onboard sensors, other vehicles and infrastructure systems, an augmented reality head up display system and a full windshield display system, each adapted to project images onto an inner surface of a windshield of the vehicle, the system controller adapted to detect at least one approaching vehicle, calculate a distance from the intersection, speed and trajectory of the at least one approaching vehicle, determine if the at least one approaching vehicle poses a threat and classify the at least one approaching vehicle as a threat vehicle, and provide a warning message and augmentation graphics by projecting the warning message and augmentation graphics onto the inner surface of the windshield with at least one of the AR-HUD system and the full windshield display system.

Risk informed route planner

A system for identifying a person of interest for an occupant within a vehicle with a head-up system includes a controller in communication with an external scene camera adapted to capture images of an external environment in proximity to the vehicle, identify at least one person of interest located within the external environment in proximity to the vehicle, characterize the at least one person of interest, determine appropriate augmentation graphics related to the identified at least one person of interest to be displayed for the occupant, and display, with the head-up display system, the augmentation graphics onto an inner surface of a windshield of the vehicle.

Identifying person of interest with augmented reality head-up display

A vehicle includes a system for generating, monitoring, and correcting an alert for an occupant of the vehicle. The system further includes multiple on-board input devices for generating a visual alert signal, an audio alert signal, and a haptic alert signal for an associated one of the visual notification, the audio notification, and the haptic notification received from notification devices. The system further includes a computer having one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium (CRM) storing instructions. The processor is programmed to determine a priority level of the alert, compare the priority level to a predetermined priority level threshold, and generate a reporting activation signal in response to the processor determining that the priority level is below the predetermined priority level threshold. The notification devices generates in real-time an error notification to indicate to the occupant that the notification characteristic is below the predetermined quality threshold.

System and method for generating, monitoring, and correcting an alert for an occupant of a vehicle

A dual head-up display (HUD) system includes a plurality of on-board sensors, a wireless communication module, a driver monitoring system, and a system controller in electronic communication with the plurality of on-board sensors, the driver monitoring system and the wireless communication module, and adapted to identify parking spaces within proximity to the vehicle, display, with an augmented reality HUD, first information related to identified parking spaces, display, with a reflective HUD, second information related to the identified parking spaces, determine, if the vehicle is performing a parking maneuver, and when the vehicle is performing a parking maneuver into a selected parking space, to display, with the augmented reality HUD, first and second parking assist graphics adapted to provide guidance to a driver of the vehicle while parking the vehicle in the selected parking space.

Parking assist in dual head-up display system

An occupant output system includes at least one output device adapted to provide output directed to a single passenger, an occupant monitoring system to track location and movement of the passenger within the vehicle, at least one processor configured to execute program instructions, wherein the program instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to receive data from the occupant monitoring system, analyze the data from the occupant monitoring system to determine if the passenger is vision-impaired, analyze the data from the occupant monitoring system to determine a location of the passenger within the vehicle and an orientation of a head of the passenger, and, when the passenger is determined to be vision impaired, generate an output for the passenger on the at least one output device, based on the location of the passenger within the vehicle and the orientation of the head of the passenger.

Systems and methods for communicating with vision-impaired vehicle occupants

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

An awning system for a vehicle includes at least one vehicle sensor, a vehicle awning, and a controller in electrical communication with the at least one vehicle sensor and the vehicle awning. The controller is programmed to identify at least one deployment criterion using the at least one vehicle sensor. The controller is further programmed to determine at least one deployment parameter based at least in part on the at least one deployment criterion The controller is further programmed to deploy the vehicle awning based at least in part on the at least one deployment parameter in response to identifying the at least one deployment criterion.

System and method for deploying a vehicle awning

A system for automatically positioning a display relative to an occupant within a vehicle includes a system controller adapted to identify user preferences for a position of the display, an occupant monitoring system adapted to monitor the occupant, a microphone adapted to receive verbal input from the occupant, the system controller further adapted to determine that the occupant is one of reaching toward the display, or viewing the display, and automatically move the display to a first position that is optimal for facilitating physical interaction, by the occupant, with the display when the system controller determines that the occupant is reaching toward the display, and automatically move the display to a second position that is optimal for allowing the occupant to view the display when the system controller determines that the occupant is viewing the display.

Accessible display

A method of using a system for generating a centrally located floating image display includes displaying a first image with a first display, receiving the first image with a first reflector, reflecting the first image with the first reflector, displaying, a second image with a second display, receiving the second image with a second reflector, reflecting the second image with the second reflector, displaying first private information to the first passenger and second private information to the second passenger with a transparent display positioned between the first passenger and the first reflector and between the second passenger and the second reflector, receiving input from the first and second passengers with the system controller, collecting images with an external scene camera, and displaying general information with an augmented reality display.

Campfire display with augmented reality display

A system for initiating an automated slowdown procedure within a vehicle includes a system controller adapted to detect a request for initiation of an automated slowdown procedure, a human machine interface (HMI), wherein the system controller is adapted to prompt, via the HMI, the driver of the vehicle for verification to initiate the automated slowdown procedure, and a vehicle control module, wherein the system controller is adapted to initiate, via the vehicle control module, the automated slowdown procedure when either one of the driver provides, via the HMI, verification to initiate the automated slowdown procedure, or a response from the driver is not received within a pre-determined time.

Selective vehicle slowdown

A system for generating a floating three-dimensional image display within a vehicle includes an image chamber including a first display adapted to project a first image, a first reflector associated with the first display and a first passenger, a second display adapted to project a second image, and a second reflector associated with the second display and a second passenger, and a transparent display positioned between the first reflector and the first passenger, and between the second reflector and the second passenger, the first reflector adapted to reflect the first image from the first display to the first passenger, and the second reflector adapted to reflect the second image from the second display to the second passenger, and the transparent display adapted to display information to the first and second passengers within an image plane positioned in front of the perceived first and second images.

Adaptive interactive campfire display

A system includes a projector module configured to project a visual media for a user, a user tracking sensor configured to sense whether the user is observing the visual media, and a control module configured to detect whether the user is looking at the projector module based on the user tracking sensor, in response to detecting the user is looking at the projector module, control the projector module to initiate projecting of the visual media for the user, detect an interruption of the user observing the visual media based on the user tracking sensor, and in response to detecting the interruption of the user observing the visual media, control the projector module to pause projecting of the visual media for the user. Other example systems and methods for controlling projection of a visual media for a user in a vehicle are also disclosed.

Feedback systems for optimized display operation

A floodwater risk assessment system for a vehicle includes one or more cameras oriented to collect image data of floodwater located along a roadway the vehicle is traveling along, a time-of-flight sensor system that directs a laser beam towards a plurality of target points disposed along the floodwater one or more controllers in electronic communication with the one or more cameras and the time-of-flight sensor system. The one or more controllers execute instructions to determine a risk associated with crossing the floodwater at each of the plurality of target points located along the floodwater based on a flow speed of the floodwater and a floodwater depth. The one or more controllers generate a notification indicating the risk associated with crossing the floodwater at the plurality of target points located along the floodwater.

Floodwater risk assessment system for a vehicle

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Joseph F Szczerba