| US 7,502,152 B2 | ||
| Device for projecting an object in a space inside a vehicle | ||
| Thomas Lich, Schwaikheim (Germany); and Frank Mack, Stuttgart (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/524,230 PCT Filed May 28, 2003, PCT No. PCT/DE03/01737 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 09, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/046785, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 03, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 102 53 502 (DE), filed on Nov. 16, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0251395 A1, Nov. 10, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03H 1/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 359—13 [359/15; 359/19; 704/275] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A device configured to project an image of a passenger FIG. (2) in a passenger space of a vehicle (1) defined by an area that extends upward from a vehicle seat, wherein:
the device is further configured to provide acoustic information to the driver of the vehicle from an acoustic sound source;
the acoustic sound source is associated with the projected image of the passenger figure in the passenger space; and
the device projects the FIG. (2) as a function of a signal from a seat occupancy recognition system (208).
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