Patent ID: 8686922

Claim:
A vehicle with an optimized visual information presentation system for an occupant, comprising: a heads-up display assembly configured to display an image in a field of view of an occupant of the vehicle; an occupant sensing system configured to determine a location of the eyes of the occupant, said occupant sensing system being mounted on the vehicle; and a control system coupled to said heads-up display assembly and said occupant sensing system, wherein said control system is configured to displace at least a part of said heads-up display assembly based on the determined location of the eyes of the occupant, and wherein said control system is further configured to control the display of the image by said heads-up display assembly when the occupant is viewing a road in front of the vehicle to place a representation of an object exterior of the vehicle in the image in the same position in which the object is situated relative to a line of sight of the occupant, the line of sight being derived from the determined location of the eyes of the occupant, whereby the occupant is able to view an otherwise unviewable object in the object's actual position exterior of the vehicle.