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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2019
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Brian Mahnken, Pinckney, MI (US);
Bradford G. Schreiber, Clarkston, MI (US);
Jeffrey Louis Brown, Waterford, MI (US);
Shawn W. Ryan, Clarkston, MI (US);
Brent T. Deep, Milford, MI (US);
Kurt A. Heier, Fenton, MI (US);
Upali P. Mudalige, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Shuqing Zeng, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The present application relates to a method and apparatus for generating a graphical user interface indicative of a vehicle underbody view including a LIDAR operative to generate a depth map of an off-road surface, a camera for capturing an image of the off-road surface, a chassis sensor operative to detect an orientation of a host vehicle, a processor operative to generate an augmented image in response to the depth map, the image and the orientation, wherein the augmented image depicts an underbody view of the host vehicle and a graphic representative of a host vehicle suspension system, and a display operative to display the augmented image to a host vehicle operator. A static and dynamic model of the vehicle underbody is compared vs the 3-D terrain model to identify contact points between the underbody and terrain are highlighted.