Patent Document ID: 20180015878
Application ID: 15212557
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. For an autonomous vehicle, an object detection and notification system comprising: an object detection system including logic that detects presence of a target object within a sensing range of a sensor; and determines a direction of the target object relative to the autonomous vehicle; a notification system including logic that provides a sound cue using a speaker to an occupant of the autonomous vehicle that is indicative of location of the target object relative to the autonomous vehicle; and an occupant monitoring device that provides information indicative of a viewing angle of the occupant that is used by the object detection and notification system to provide the sound cue; wherein the notification system localizes the sound cue to a calculated angle based on the viewing angle of the occupant and moves a perceived location of the localized sound cue in a spatio-temporal fashion in stages increasingly toward a desired viewing angle based on the direction of the target object.