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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 2360/166 (2024.01); B60K 2360/171 (2024.01); B60K 2360/172 (2024.01); B60K 2360/175 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1868 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1876 (2024.01); B60K 2360/191 (2024.01); B60K 2360/48 (2024.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 60/005 (2020.02); B60W 2530/203 (2020.02); B60W 2552/30 (2020.02);
Abstract
A method for operating a driver information system in an ego vehicle is provided, wherein an operating state of a lighting apparatus of the ego vehicle is detected, and a driver information display is generated and output. The driver information display comprises a graphic ego object which represents the ego vehicle. In this context, the ego object comprises a rear depiction of the ego vehicle, wherein the ego object is generated depending on the detected operating state.