Patent ID: 9550419
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B60K,G02B,G06F,G06T,G08G

Claim:
1. A method for providing an augmented reality vehicle interface comprising: receiving an image of a vehicle with an image capturing device; identifying points of interest within portions of the image of the vehicle that correspond with vehicle features; identifying a user classification category of the user that is capturing the image of the vehicle, wherein identifying the user classification category of the user that is capturing the image of the vehicle includes determining whether a driver or a passenger is operating the image capturing device while capturing the image of the vehicle, wherein determining whether the driver or the passenger is operating the image capturing device includes determining a cardinal and ordinal position of the image capturing device with respect to the vehicle while the user is capturing the image of the vehicle, wherein a guidance point is assigned at a location of a front portion of the vehicle that is based on the cardinal position of the image capturing device, and the guidance point is utilized to determine the ordinal position of the image capturing device, wherein determining whether the driver or the passenger is operating the image capturing device includes determining a location within the vehicle where the user capturing the image of the vehicle is located, wherein determining the location within the vehicle where the user capturing the image of the vehicle is located includes determining directional degrees of the location of the image capturing device with respect to the guidance point, wherein the location of the vehicle includes at least one of: a left front seat of the vehicle, a center front seat of the vehicle, a right front seat of the vehicle, a left rear seat of the vehicle, a center rear seat of the vehicle, and a center right seat of the vehicle, and wherein the user classification category is identified based on the location within the vehicle where the user capturing the image of the vehicle is located; presenting an augmented reality image of the vehicle by overlaying one or more virtual user interface objects on the points of interest, wherein the one or more virtual user interface objects are overlaid as one or more circular points of focus over the points of interest, wherein the one or more virtual user interface objects are presented based on whether the driver or the passenger is operating the image capturing device while capturing the image of the vehicle; and controlling the vehicle features via the one or more virtual user interface objects.