CES 2022: Panasonic Automotive Unveils Deliverable AR HUD 2.0 with Patented Eye-Tracking-System

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Today at CES 2022 Panasonic unveiled their Augmented Reality HUD (AR HUD) 2.0, the first to include a new patented eye tracking system (ETS) enhancing the AR experience.

Powered by Panasonic's SkipGen2, its eCockpit infotainment controller, AR HUD 2.0 with patented ETS leverages Panasonic's legacy of advanced optics. This proprietary innovation is enabled by an IR camera packaged with the AR HUD projector and optics, eliminating the need for a standalone driver-facing camera.  ETS recognizes the driver's line of sight and optimizes the AR imagery for clarity and accuracy.

Connecting Driver to Environment More Precisely

The ETS technology identifies the individual driver's height and head movement behind the wheel and dynamically adjusts and compensates the images in the "eyebox."  Drivers are constantly shifting their head and changing their line of sight, but with parallax alignment and dynamic autofocus working together, drivers will only see accurately positioned, crisp, high-resolution overlays and icons.  The driver's experience is powered by AI navigation software which intelligently matches the changing environment with AR overlays and icons.

Panasonic AR HUD 2.5D features include:

  • AI powered navigation software with 3D AR overlays, icons, and mapping
  • DLP for crisp, high resolution images and icons
  • Simulated 3D using a tilted, dual image plane providing 3D at the cost of 2D

Patented, newly updated eye tracking (ETS) enables:

  • Automatic driver height adjustment
  • Parallax compensation (to properly align AR icons in the optical path)
  • Dynamic auto focus (to account for shifting driver eyebox positioning)
  • Driver monitoring capability (to identify and monitor the driver's state)

Source: Panasonic

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