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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

May. 09, 2017
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Nobuyuki Tomatsu, Toyota, JP;

Siyuan Dai, Mountain View, CA (US);

Yusuke Kashiba, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3658 (2013.01); G01C 21/365 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06K 9/00798 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0141 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure includes embodiments for providing a graphical overlay depicting lane lines to a vehicle including an augmented reality ('AR') viewing device. A method according to some embodiments includes determining whether environment data indicate that a driver of a vehicle can identify lane lines on a road in front of the vehicle. The method includes responsive to the environment data failing to indicate that the driver of the vehicle can identify the lane lines, generating line data based on the environment data and global positioning system (GPS) data. The method includes generating AR data based on the line data. The method includes providing the AR data to the AR viewing device. The method includes determining based on head position data associated with the AR viewing device, to instruct the AR viewing device to display a graphical overlay depicting the lane lines.


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