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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2019
Applicant:

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Florian Guenzel, Neufahrn, DE;

Boris Israel, Munich, DE;

Hermann Kuenzner, Freising, DE;

Frederik Platten, Munich, DE;

Wolfgang Spiessl, Munich, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/09 (2012.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4048 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02);
Abstract

A method provides a display of vehicle surroundings in a vehicle by detecting the degree of automation at which the vehicle is operated, selecting a set of additional information from one of multiple possible sets of additional information on the basis of the detected degree of automation, wherein each set of additional information includes a different number of pieces of additional information, each piece of additional information describes a display option which visualizes the current state of the vehicle and the corresponding vehicle surroundings, and a set of additional information selected for a low degree of automation includes less additional information than a set of additional information selected for a degree of automation which is higher than the low degree of automation; and displaying a view of the surroundings of the vehicle. The additional information of the selected set of additional information is visualized in the displayed view.


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