Patent ID: 11858347
Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A device for visualizing sensor data from the surroundings of a vehicle or measuring data from the vehicle, wherein the sensor data is visualized using light modules in an interior of the vehicle, the device comprising:
an ambient vehicle illumination, which comprises the light modules;
a plurality of sensors configured to detect the sensor data, wherein one of the plurality of sensors is a camera that captures as video data as the sensor data, wherein a second one of the plurality of sensors is configured to detect settings inside of an interior of the vehicle, is a sensor of a driver assistance system of the vehicle other than the camera, or is a sensor of a telematics system of the vehicle;
a storage configured to store pre-stored video sequences related to additional sensor data or measurement data from the second one of the plurality of sensors; and
a central controller configured to
analyze the video data to identify relevant recognizable structures;
transfer the recognizable structures to a video sequence with a format for the light modules in the interior of the vehicle or recalculate sensor data not detected as video data or measuring data into a video sequence using an algorithm; and
superimpose the video sequence with the pre-stored video sequences,

wherein the light modules are configured to display the video sequence superimposed with the pre-stored video sequences using the light modules,
wherein the central controller is directly or indirectly connected to the light modules using a solitary high-speed bus,
wherein the storage is in the central controller or is directly connected to the central control device.