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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2018
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Thor Lewis, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ashlimarie Dong, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Cazzoli, Mahopac, NY (US);
Stephanie Paepcke, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hiroshi Yasuda, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christoffer Rodemeyer, New York, NY (US);
Jemma Robinson, Brooklyn, NY (US);
David Landa, Brooklyn, NY (US);
James Veluya, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Helena Zhang, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Carlo Vega, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving situational awareness of occupants of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes analyzing, using at least a processor of the vehicle, scan data from a sensor of the vehicle to detect at least one object within the surrounding environment. The method includes converting the scan data into converted data that represents the at least one object with a reduced quantity of data. The method includes rendering, using the converted data, at least one graphic that is a visual representation of the at least one object. The method includes displaying the at least one graphic within a display of the vehicle at a location within the display that represents a location of the at least one object relative to the vehicle in the surrounding environment.