Vehicle display system and method of controlling vehicle display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10227002-B2
Application number	US-201815898257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2018
Priority date	Mar 15, 2017
Publication date	Mar 12, 2019
Grant date	Mar 12, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle display system includes a display device, a driver state determiner, and a display controller. The display device is configured to provide a display on a window in a rear portion of a vehicle. The driver state determiner is configured to determine whether a driver of the vehicle checks a rear area of the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control displaying of the display device to change the display provided by the display device in accordance with a determination result of the driver state determiner.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle display system comprising:
a display device configured to provide a first image on a window in a rear portion of an own vehicle, the first image to be provided for a driver of the own vehicle and a driver of a proceeding vehicle, the first image being provided with a first display orientation and at a first display location on the window based on information of the proceeding vehicle;
a driver state determiner configured to determine a state of a driver of the own vehicle; and
when the state of the driver indicates that the driver faces backward to check a rear area of the own vehicle, a display controller configured to adjust a display orientation of the first image from the first display orientation to a second display orientation by horizontally flipping the first image,
wherein the display device provides the first image on a window in the rear portion of the vehicle based on the first display location and the second display orientation.

2. The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the driver state determiner determines that the driver of the vehicle faces backward to check the rear area of the vehicle, the display controller adjusts a display location of the first image from the first display location to a second display location,
wherein the display device provides the first image on the window in the rear portion of the vehicle based on the second display location and the second display orientation.

3. The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle comprises a rearview mirror, and
when the state of the driver indicates that the driver of the vehicle checks the rear area of the vehicle using the rearview mirror, the display controller adjusts a display location of the first image from the first display location to a third display location,
wherein the display device provides the first image on the window in the rear portion of the vehicle based on the third display location and the first display orientation.

4. The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein the first display location on the window is within a blind spot of the driver of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle display system according to claim 2 , wherein the first display location on the window is within a blind spot of the driver of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle display system according to claim 3 , wherein the first display location on the window is within a blind spot of the driver of the vehicle.

7. The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein a display location of the first image is adjusted further in accordance with a state of the proceeding vehicle determined based on the information of the proceeding vehicle.

8. The vehicle display system according to claim 2 , wherein the display location of the first image is further adjusted in accordance with a state of the proceeding vehicle determined based on the information of the proceeding vehicle.

9. The vehicle display system according to claim 3 , wherein the display location of the first image is further adjusted in accordance with a state of the proceeding vehicle determined based on the information of the proceeding vehicle.

10. A method of controlling a vehicle display system, the method comprising:
determining a state of a driver of an own vehicle; and
when the state of the driver indicates that the driver checks a rear area of the own vehicle providing, for display via a display device, a first image with a first display orientation and a first display location on a window in a rear portion of the own vehicle, wherein
when the state of the driver indicates that the driver of the vehicle checks the rear are of the vehicle using a rearview mirror of the own vehicle:
a display location of the first image is adjusted from the first display location to a second display location; and
the first image is provided, for display via the display device, with the first display orientation and a second display location on the window, and

when the state of the driver indicates that the driver of the vehicle faces backward to check the rear are of the vehicle:
a display orientation of the first image is adjusted from the first display orientation to a second display orientation by horizontally flipping the first image;
the display location of the first image is adjusted from the first display location to a third display location; and
the first image is provided, for display via the display device, with the second display orientation and the third display location on the window.

11. A vehicle display system comprising:
a display device; and
circuitry configured to;
determining a state of a driver of an own vehicle; and
when the state of the driver indicates that the driver checks a rear area of the own vehicle providing, for display via the display device, a first image with a first display orientation and a first display location on a window in a rear portion of the own vehicle,
wherein when the state of the driver indicates that the driver of the vehicle faces backward to check the rear are of the vehicle:
a display orientation of the first image is adjusted from the first display orientation to a second display orientation by horizontally flipping the first image;
a display location of the first image is adjusted from the first display location to a second display location; and
the first image is provided, for display via the display device, with the second display orientation and the second display location on the window.

12. The vehicle display system according to claim 11 , wherein when the state of the driver indicates that the driver of the vehicle checks the rear area of the vehicle using a rearview mirror of the own vehicle:
the display location of the first image is adjusted from the first display location to a third display location; and
the first image is provided, for display via the display device, with the first display orientation and the third display location on the window.

Assignees

• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Sato Noeru
• Torii Takeshi
• Sumikawa Ryuichi

Classifications

• B60R2300/205

  using a head-up display · CPC title

• B60K2350/962

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• G02B27/0101

  characterised by optical features (G02B27/0172 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K2350/1096

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60K35/00

  Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles · CPC title