Patent ID: 8396653

Claim:
A dynamic range display system for a vehicle, the system comprising: a camera configured to capture an image and to generate a first signal representative of the image; a distance sensor configured to detect an object of interest with which the vehicle may collide within a path of the vehicle and to generate a second signal representative of a distance between the vehicle and the object of interest; a display configured to provide a visual image; and a controller configured to receive the first signal from the camera and the second signal from the distance sensor, the controller generating an image on the display representing the image detected by the camera and generating a dynamic vehicle path line, the controller overlaying the dynamic vehicle path line over the image detected by the camera; wherein the dynamic vehicle path line shows a projected path of the vehicle and has a first length when the vehicle is greater than a first predetermined distance away from the object of interest with which the vehicle may collide, and wherein the length varies linearly from the first length to zero based on a proportion of the distance the vehicle is away from the object of interest with which the vehicle may collide versus the first predetermined distance; wherein the dynamic vehicle path line has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first color and the second portion having a second color different from the first color.