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Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2017
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc, Superior Township, MI (US);

Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center Gmbh, Russelsheim, DE;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Michael Schreiber, Frankfurt am Main, DE;

Nilesh Patel, Canton, MI (US);

Stefan Lessmann, Frankfurt am Main, DE;

Gregory Ardisana, Canton, MI (US);

Amanda Christiana, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignees:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Company, Seoul, KR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/3185 (2013.01); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/365 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06K 9/00476 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); H04N 9/3147 (2013.01); H04N 9/3194 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes: receiving an indication of a destination from a user; determining a route from a current position of a vehicle to the destination; detecting whether the user has exited the vehicle; and projecting an image of the route from the current position of the vehicle to the destination onto ground nearby the vehicle using a projection device equipped in the vehicle, such that the projected image is viewable by the user upon exiting the vehicle, in response to detecting that the user has exited the vehicle.


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