Patent ID: 9696814
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60K,G02B,G06F,G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. An in-vehicle gesture detection system comprising: one or more first imagers that capture images of a driver of a vehicle; one or more second imagers that capture images of objects in front of the vehicle; a heads up display (HUD); and an in-vehicle processor communicatively coupled to the one or more first imagers, the one or more second imagers and the HUD; wherein the in-vehicle processor: detects motion of the driver and a face direction of the driver based on the images of the driver captured by the one or more first imagers; recognizes objects outside of the vehicle based on the images of objects captured by the one or more second imagers; determines whether or not the motion detected is intended to control content of the HUD based on the objects recognized outside of the vehicle and the face direction of the driver and controls the content of the HUD on a condition that the motion detected is determined to be intended to control the content of the HUD.