Patent ID: 8629903

Claim:
Method to represent graphical images upon a transparent windscreen head up display of a vehicle describing an operational environment for the vehicle, the method comprising: monitoring informational inputs describing the operational environment for the vehicle; processing the informational inputs to synthesize an operational environment model, the processing comprising: determining the informational inputs to indicate critical information; determining spatial relationships of the critical information to the vehicle; and synthesizing the critical information based upon the spatial relationships to form the operational environment model; monitoring data related to an occupant eye location; converting the environmental model into the graphical images registering the critical information according the environmental model upon the transparent windscreen head up display based upon the monitored data related to the occupant eye location; displaying the graphical images upon the transparent windscreen head up display; estimating an occupant gaze location based on the monitored data related to the occupant eye location, the occupant gaze location describing a point on the transparent windscreen where eyes of the occupant are focused; comparing the occupant gaze location to the displayed graphical images registering the critical information; when the occupant gaze location is not in view of the displayed graphical images, registering a prompting graphic at the point of the occupant gaze location to direct the attention of the operator toward the displayed graphical images; and displaying the prompting graphic upon the transparent windscreen head up display.