Patent ID: 8947219
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B60K,B60Q,G02B,G08G

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle, comprising: a heads up display including a combiner; a driver monitoring device configured to detect information related to a line of sight of a driver; a remote sensing device configured to detect information related to objects in a driving environment; an electronic control unit in communication with the heads up display, the driver monitoring device, and the remote sensing device, the electronic control unit further including an input port for receiving information related to a position of a remote vehicle; a vehicle communications receiver configured to receive the information related to a position of the remote vehicle from the remote vehicle via a vehicle communications network, and the vehicle communications receiver is configured to output the information received from the remote vehicle to the electronic control unit through the input port; wherein the electronic control unit is configured to determine a viewing location on the combiner that corresponds to an approximate location of the remote vehicle on the combiner as viewed from the line of sight of the driver and wherein the electronic control unit is configured to determine if the remote vehicle is visible to the driver by comparing the received information related to the position of the remote vehicle with the detected information related to objects in the driving environment, while using the information related to the line of sight of a driver; wherein the heads up display is configured to display an image onto the combiner at the viewing location when the remote vehicle is not visible to the driver.