Patent ID: 8818708

Claim:
Method to display a registered driving path image upon a transparent windscreen head-up display in a source vehicle, the method comprising: monitoring an operating environment of the source vehicle travelling upon a road surface, comprising: monitoring a location of the source vehicle through a global positioning device, and determining a geometry of the road surface proximate to the source vehicle based upon the location of the source vehicle and a three dimensional map database; monitoring a driver registration input; determining a registered driving path image defining a recommended plot for the source vehicle to use for travel upon a given section of the road surface based upon the operating environment of the source vehicle and the driver registration input, comprising: when the given section of the road surface comprises a curved section, the registered driving path image including a closest point to an inside edge of the curved section that the source vehicle should reach during a turning maneuver through the curved section to enable a maximum desired vehicle speed at an exit of the curved section; when the source vehicle operates upon public roads: monitoring a driving priority; monitoring historical driving paths cross-referenced with the driving priority, wherein the registered driving path image is based upon the historical driving paths; and displaying the registered driving path image upon the head-up display.