Patent ID: 11908208
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 15:
16. A method of optimizing use of cognitive resources of a user in a vehicle with a driver monitor system, the system including at least one in-cabin video camera, a dashboard-mounted display device, and processing circuitry, the method comprising:
monitoring, by the processing circuitry, eye gaze direction using images from the at least one in-cabin video camera;
gradually softening image regions and lines displayed in the display device that are outside a first peripheral view of the user of the vehicle;
using the eye gaze direction to predict whether the user is transitioning into a new focus vision area that had been outside the first peripheral view;
when the user's eyes begin to move, begin sharpening softened image regions and lines such that by the time eyes have shifted into the new focus vision area, the image regions and lines in the new focus vision area reach full sharpness, and
displaying increasing levels of softening of image regions and lines displayed in the display device as the distance increases away from the peripheral view, wherein the gradually softening is by gradually adjusting color intensity of inner pixels based on an average color intensity of a relatively large pixel radius, next further pixels away from the inner pixels based on a slightly smaller pixel radius, down to final edge pixels based on a smallest pixel radius.