Patent ID: 11971544
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A hybrid augmented reality head-up display system for displaying graphics upon a windscreen of a vehicle, wherein the windscreen includes a transparent substrate including light emitting particles dispersed within, the hybrid augmented reality head-up display system comprising:
a primary graphic projection device including a visible light source that generates a first set of images upon the windscreen of the vehicle based on visible light, wherein the first set of images are displayed upon a primary area of the windscreen;
a secondary graphic projection device including an excitation light source that generates a second set of images upon a secondary area the windscreen of the vehicle based on an excitation light, wherein the light emitting particles in the windscreen emit visible light in response to absorbing the excitation light, and wherein the first set of images displayed upon the primary area of the windscreen cooperate with the second set of images displayed upon the secondary area of the windscreen to create an edge-to-edge augmented reality view of a surrounding environment of the vehicle;
a primary graphics processing unit in electronic communication with the primary graphic projection device;
a secondary graphics processing unit in electronic communication with the secondary graphic projection device; and
one or more controllers in electronic communication with the primary graphics processing unit and the secondary graphics processing unit, wherein the one or more controllers execute instructions to:
determine an object of interest is located within the secondary area of the windscreen;
in response to determining the object of interest is located within the secondary area of the windscreen, instruct the secondary graphics processing unit to determine a graphical representation of the second set of images that are generated by the secondary graphic projection device;
instruct the secondary graphics processing unit to follow the object of interest by the graphical representation of the second set of images as the object of interest travels from the secondary area of the windscreen towards the primary area of the windscreen;
determine the object of interest has entered the primary area of the windscreen; and
in response to determining the object of interest has entered the primary area of the windscreen, instruct the primary graphics processing unit to determine a graphical representation of the first set of images generated by the primary graphic projection device.