Patent ID: 9582907
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60W,G01C,G06T

Claim:
1. A method of providing for display an image representing a driving environment of a vehicle to an occupant of the vehicle, the method comprising: determining, by one or more processors, a geographic location of the vehicle; receiving, by the one or more processors, from a sensor of the vehicle information identifying an object in the vehicle's external environment; identifying, by the one or more processors, one or more features expected to be in the vehicle's external environment based on the determined location; generating, by the one or more processors, the image for display including a representation of the vehicle, a representation of the object, and a background scene corresponding to the identified features, wherein a coloring of the representation of the object indicates a degree of relevance of the object to the vehicle; providing, by the one or more processors, the image for display to the occupant of the vehicle.