Patent ID: 9472023
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G02B,G06F,G06K,G06T,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: monitoring, with one or more processors of a vehicle, for a roadway object based in part on geographical data describing a present geographic location of the vehicle and an electronic map that describes a plurality of clusters along one or more roadways that are included in the electronic map, wherein a cluster includes a geographic area that includes one or more roadway objects that are determined to be frequently overlooked by other users; detecting the roadway object; generating graphical data configured to emphasize the roadway object on a heads-up display of the vehicle; determining whether a user sees the roadway object; responsive to the user failing to see the roadway object, determining whether the roadway object is critical, wherein the roadway object is determined to be critical based on a ranked hierarchy of different categories of roadway objects and the highest ranked category is a school zone; and responsive to the roadway object being critical, enhancing a graphic output on the heads-up display to get the user's attention.