Abstract: A method of providing information related to a charge status of an electric vehicle includes monitoring, with a system controller in communication with an electrical system within the vehicle, information related to a charge status of the vehicle, and, displaying, with the system controller, for a person in proximity of the vehicle, information related to a charge status of the vehicle.

Abstract: An occupant monitoring system for monitoring one or more occupants located in a seat of a vehicle includes one or more cameras positioned to capture image data representative of an occupant, one or more biometric sensors that each monitor a parameter indicative of a physiological measure of the occupant, and one or more controllers. The one or more controllers execute instructions to determine one or more physiological measures of the occupant based on the image data collected by the one or more cameras and one or more parameters indicative of the one or more physiological measures of each occupant collected by the one or more biometric sensors, and in response to determining the physiological measure exceeds either the major event threshold value or the minor event threshold value, generate a notification directed to a driver of the vehicle.

Abstract: A system includes a projector module configured to project a visual media for a user, a user tracking sensor configured to sense whether the user is observing the visual media, and a control module configured to detect whether the user is looking at the projector module based on the user tracking sensor, in response to detecting the user is looking at the projector module, control the projector module to initiate projecting of the visual media for the user, detect an interruption of the user observing the visual media based on the user tracking sensor, and in response to detecting the interruption of the user observing the visual media, control the projector module to pause projecting of the visual media for the user. Other example systems and methods for controlling projection of a visual media for a user in a vehicle are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system for providing a message on an external display of a vehicle includes a plurality of onboard sensors adapted to collect data related to an environment surrounding the vehicle and objects within the environment surrounding the vehicle, a system controller, in communication with the plurality of onboard sensors, and adapted to receive, from the plurality of onboard sensors, data related to the environment surrounding the vehicle and objects within the environment surrounding the vehicle and identify current situational characteristics of the vehicle that require explanation to third parties within the environment surrounding the vehicle, and an external display in communication with the system controller, the system controller further adapted to display, via the external display, an explanation message related to the current situational characteristics of the vehicle for third parties within the environment surrounding the vehicle.

Abstract: A system for generating a floating image for a plurality of passengers within a vehicle includes a passenger monitoring system adapted to monitor the position of head and eyes of each passenger, a compute engine in communication with the passenger monitoring system and adapted to calculate a holographic image and encode the holographic image to a display of a picture generating unit hologram generator, and a beam steering device adapted to receive information related to a position of the head and eyes of each of the passengers from the passenger monitoring system, and the display is adapted to project the holographic image to the beam steering device and the beam steering device is adapted to re-direct the projected holographic image to the eyes of each of the passengers, based on the information received from the passenger monitoring system.

Abstract: A multiview campfire display includes a light source configured to emit a light beam and a spatial light modulator (SLM) positioned to receive the light beam emitted by the light source. The holographic display also includes a user tracker configured to track the head and eyes of the vehicle occupants. The display also includes a controller in communication with the user tracker, the light source, and the SLM. The controller is programmed to receive a eye-tracking signal from the user tracker and control a polarization optics of the light beam emitted by the light source and modulated by the SLM to reroute the image encoded by the SLM for the plurality of vehicle occupants based on the eye-tracking signal, thereby allowing each of the plurality of vehicle occupants to view the image.

Abstract: A system for notifying an authority about road conditions for a vehicle may include a plurality of vehicle sensors, a vehicle communication system, and a controller in electrical communication with the plurality of vehicle sensors and the vehicle communication system. The controller is programmed to identify a measurement trigger. The controller is further programmed to perform a measurement of an environment surrounding the vehicle using the plurality of vehicle sensors in response to identifying the measurement trigger. The controller is further programmed to determine a measurement classification based at least in part on the measurement. The controller is further programmed to transmit the measurement and the measurement classification to a remote server system using the vehicle communication system.

Abstract: A system for providing a projected security zone adjacent a vehicle includes an external projector in communication with a system controller and adapted to project a first graphic onto a surface adjacent the vehicle, the first graphic defining a pre-determined security zone, and a plurality of onboard sensors in communication with the system controller and adapted to detect the presence of an individual positioned within the projected security zone, the system controller adapted to provide a warning to the individual.

Abstract: A system for providing an alert to an occupant within a vehicle includes a system controller in communication with a plurality of onboard sensors, other vehicles and infrastructure systems, an augmented reality head up display system and a full windshield display system, each adapted to project images onto an inner surface of a windshield of the vehicle, the system controller adapted to detect at least one approaching vehicle, calculate a distance from the intersection, speed and trajectory of the at least one approaching vehicle, determine if the at least one approaching vehicle poses a threat and classify the at least one approaching vehicle as a threat vehicle, and provide a warning message and augmentation graphics by projecting the warning message and augmentation graphics onto the inner surface of the windshield with at least one of the AR-HUD system and the full windshield display system.

Abstract: A system for providing information to a vehicle occupant of a vehicle includes an automated driving system, a first display configured to provide information to the vehicle occupant of the vehicle, and a controller in electrical communication with the automated driving system and the first display. The controller is programmed to identify a planned change in driving behavior initiated by the automated driving system. The controller is further programmed to identify a traffic sign interpretation error using the automated driving system. The controller is further programmed to notify the vehicle occupant using the first display in response to identifying at least one of: the planned change in driving behavior and the traffic sign interpretation error.

Abstract: A system for providing information related to a charge status of an electric vehicle when the electric vehicle is connected to a charging station includes a system controller in communication with an electrical system within the electric vehicle and adapted to monitor information related to a charge status of the electric vehicle, and provide notification, to a third-party, of the charge status of the electric vehicle.

Abstract: A method of providing information related to a charge status of an electric vehicle when the electric vehicle is being used as a battery pack includes detecting, with a system controller in communication with an electrical system within the vehicle, when the electric vehicle is being used to provide power to an external electrical device, and when the electric vehicle is being used to provide power to an external electrical device, monitoring, with the system controller in communication with the electrical system within the electric vehicle, information related to a charge status of the electric vehicle, and providing notification, to a person in proximity to the electric vehicle, with the system controller, the charge status of the electric vehicle.

Abstract: A method of providing information related to a charge status of an electric vehicle includes monitoring, with a system controller in communication with an electrical system within the vehicle, information related to a charge status of the vehicle, and, displaying, with the system controller, for a person in proximity of the vehicle, information related to a charge status of the vehicle.

Abstract: A system for generating an image display for passengers within a vehicle includes a controller, an image chamber including a first display adapted to project a first image, a first reflector adapted to receive the first image from the first display and reflect the first image to the first passenger, a second display adapted to project a second image, and a second reflector adapted to receive the second image from the second display and reflect the second image to the second passenger, a transparent touch screen display positioned between the first and second reflectors and the passengers and adapted to display information to the passengers within an image plane positioned in front of the first and second images, and a linear polarizer positioned between the transparent display and the first and second reflectors and adapted to filter light traveling from the transparent display toward the first and second reflectors.

Abstract: A floodwater risk assessment system for a vehicle includes one or more cameras oriented to collect image data of floodwater located along a roadway the vehicle is traveling along, a time-of-flight sensor system that directs a laser beam towards a plurality of target points disposed along the floodwater one or more controllers in electronic communication with the one or more cameras and the time-of-flight sensor system. The one or more controllers execute instructions to determine a risk associated with crossing the floodwater at each of the plurality of target points located along the floodwater based on a flow speed of the floodwater and a floodwater depth. The one or more controllers generate a notification indicating the risk associated with crossing the floodwater at the plurality of target points located along the floodwater.

Abstract: A multiview campfire display includes a light source configured to emit a light beam and a spatial light modulator (SLM) positioned to receive the light beam emitted by the light source. The holographic display also includes a user tracker configured to track the head and eyes of the vehicle occupants. The display also includes a controller in communication with the user tracker, the light source, and the SLM. The controller is programmed to receive a eye-tracking signal from the user tracker and control a polarization optics of the light beam emitted by the light source and modulated by the SLM to reroute the image encoded by the SLM for the plurality of vehicle occupants based on the eye-tracking signal, thereby allowing each of the plurality of vehicle occupants to view the image.

Abstract: A method of calibrating a head-up display system includes training a neural network to predict warp maps for an occupant perspective of a single graphical image projected onto a windshield of the vehicle, projecting, with a digital light projector, a graphical image onto the windshield, capturing, with a camera in proximity to the digital light projector, the graphical image projected onto the windshield, locating, with an occupant monitoring system, an occupant eye ellipse position, predicting, with the neural network, a warp map for an occupant perspective of the projected graphical image based on the location of the digital light projector, the occupant eye ellipse position and a shape of the windshield, applying, with the controller, the warp map to the graphical image projected by the digital light projector, and projecting, with the digital light projector, a corrected graphical image based on the predicted warp map.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus may include a memory configured to store a connection list including devices that can be connected with the electronic apparatus, a communication interface configured to broadcast an audio signal to a first audio apparatus and a second audio apparatus included in the connection list, and at least one processor which may be configured to, based on identifying a predetermined event wherein the audio signal is not output from the first audio apparatus, control the communication interface such that the electronic apparatus and the second audio apparatus included in the connection list are connected through low energy Bluetooth communication, based on the electronic apparatus and the second audio apparatus being connected, transmit a signal requesting output state information to the second audio apparatus, remove the second audio apparatus from the connection list based on the output state information corresponding to a non-output of the audio signal received from the second audio apparatus

Abstract: A method for securing cloud applications is described. The method may include establishing a connection between a cloud application isolation portal, a cloud access security broker, and a cloud application based on an indication of the cloud application and a set of credentials associated with an end user of the cloud application, and managing, via the cloud application isolation portal and the cloud access security broker, a session between the cloud application and a computing device associated with the end user based on the connection between the cloud application isolation portal with the cloud access security broker and the cloud application.

Abstract: A system for a wavefront imaging sensor with high resolution (WISH) comprises a spatial light modulator (SLM), a plurality of image sensors and a processor. The system further includes the SLM and a computational post-processing algorithm for recovering an incident wavefront with a high spatial resolution and a fine phase estimation. In addition, the image sensors work both in a visible electromagnetic (EM) spectrum and outside the visible EM spectrum.