Patent ID: 8305444

Claim:
A motor vehicle with an integrated visual display system for displaying proximity location information on an external object while the motor vehicle is parked or moving, the integrated visual display system operable to display the proximity location information of the external object on a single screen within the motor vehicle, said motor vehicle comprising: a plurality of proximity sensors operable to detect an external object; a visual display located in a driver's line of sight when the driver is seated in a driver's seat of said motor vehicle, said visual display in electronic communication with said plurality of proximity sensors and having: a single display screen with a plurality of grid sections, said plurality of grid sections having a reference grid section with a symbol representing the motor vehicle and grid sections located behind, in front and on both sides of said reference grid section, wherein said plurality of grid sections is an x by y grid with y rows of x grid sections and x columns of y grid sections, said x and said y each being an integer between 2 and 10; an illumination source, said illumination source operable to illuminate one or more of said plurality of grid sections; said visual display operable to receive the proximity location information from at least part of the plurality of proximity sensors and illuminate one or more of said plurality of grid sections as a function of the proximity location information.