Information provision device and information provision method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10852818-B2
Application number	US-201816213889-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2018
Priority date	Dec 10, 2014
Publication date	Dec 1, 2020
Grant date	Dec 1, 2020

Abstract

An information provision device and an information provision method. Each of the information provision device and information provision method includes projecting an image light to a light transmission member so as to display a for-driver information image, sensing a relative distance of an object to be detected existing around the mobile object in the direction of travel, detecting a location of a viewpoint of the driver, and changing a position at which an object image indicating the object to be detected is displayed according to a result of the detecting so as to change a perception distance of the driver influenced by a motion parallax of the object image according to the relative distance of the object to be detected in the direction of travel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image display device, comprising:
a location detector configured to detect a change, in a given direction, of a location of a viewpoint of a driver when driving a mobile object;
a projector configured to project, to a first display area, an active-information image that is actively recognized by the driver and includes a speed of the mobile object, and project, to a second display area, a passive-information mage that is projected and recognized by the driver, when a prescribed information provision condition is met, the active-information image and the passive-information image being visible to the driver through a light transmission member, wherein the second display area is above the first display area when viewed from the viewpoint of the driver, and the passive-information image includes passive information used by the driver to drive the mobile object; and
a controller configured to, based on the detected change of the location of the viewpoint of the driver, shift, in a reverse direction of the given direction, a position at which the passive-information image is projected in the second display area by a second amount that is different from a first amount by which a position at which the active-information image is projected is shifted in the reverse direction, so as to change a depth perception distance of the passive-information image relative to a depth perception distance of the active-information image.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the depth perception distance of the passive-information image for the driver to be longer than the depth perception distance of the active-information image for the driver.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising circuitry configured to obtain distance information indicating a distance between the mobile object and an object existing in a peripheral area of the mobile object,
wherein the passive-information image is projected at a position corresponding to the object existing in the peripheral area of the mobile object.

4. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the depth perception distance of the passive-information image to become shorter when a relative distance between the mobile object and the object existing in the peripheral area of the mobile object gets shorter.

5. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein the object is another mobile object traveling forward, ahead of the mobile object.

6. The image display device according to claim 5 , wherein the passive-information image displayed in the second display area is an image indicating the distance to the another mobile object.

7. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the location of the viewpoint of the driver is at a location of an eye of the driver.

8. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the location of the viewpoint of the driver is at a location of a head of the driver.

9. The image display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control a size of a particular object in the passive-information image so as to change the depth perception distance of the passive-information image.

10. The image display device of claim 1 , wherein the projector is configured to project the passive-information image, which includes route navigation information.

11. The image display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to shift the second display area by the second amount and shift the first display area by the first amount, which is larger than the second amount.

12. A mobile object, comprising:
a light transmission member through which a driver views outside the mobile object;
a location detector configured to detect a change, in a given direction, of a location of a viewpoint of the driver when driving the mobile object; and
a display configured to display, in a first display area, an active-information image that is actively recognized by the driver and includes a speed of the mobile object, and, in a second display area, a passive-information image that is displayed and recognized by the driver, when a prescribed information provision condition is met, the active-information image and the passive-information image being visible to the driver through the light transmission member, wherein the second display area is above the first display area when viewed from the viewpoint of the driver, and the passive-information image includes passive information used by the driver to drive the mobile object,
wherein the display is further configured to, based on the detected change of the location of the viewpoint of the driver, shift, in a reverse direction of the given direction, a position at which the passive-information image is displayed in the second display area by a second amount that is different from a first amount by which a position at which the active-information image is displayed is shifted in the reverse direction, so as to change a depth perception distance of the passive-information image relative to a depth perception distance of the active-information image.

13. A method of displaying an image, the method comprising:
detecting a change, in a given direction, of a location of a viewpoint of a driver when driving a mobile object;
displaying, in a first display area, an active-information image that is actively recognized by the driver and includes a speed of the mobile object, and, in a second display area, a passive-information image that is displayed and recognized by the driver when a prescribed information provision condition is met, the active-information image and the passive-information image being visible to the driver through a light transmission member, wherein the second display area is above the first display area when viewed from the viewpoint of the driver, and the passive-information image includes passive information used by the driver to drive the mobile object; and
based on the detected change of the location of the viewpoint of the driver, shift, in a reverse direction of the given direction, a position at which the passive-information image is displayed in the second display area by a second amount that is different from a first amount by which a position at which the active-information image is displayed is shifted in the reverse direction, so as to change a depth perception distance of the passive-information image relative to a depth perception distance of the active-information image for the driver.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
detecting a change, in a given direction, of a location of a viewpoint of a driver when driving a mobile object;
displaying, in a first display area, an active-information image that is actively recognized by the driver and includes a speed of the mobile object, and, in a second display area, a passive-information image that is displayed and recognized by the driver, when a prescribed information provision condition is met, the active-information image and the passive-information image being visible to the driver through a light transmission member, wherein the second display area is above the first display area when viewed from the viewpoint of the driver, and the passive-information image includes passive information used by the driver to drive the mobile object; and
based on the detected change of the location of the viewpoint of the driver, shift, in a reverse direction of the given direction,

Assignees

• Saisho Kenichiroh
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saisho Kenichiroh

Classifications

• B60K37/20

  Dashboard panels · CPC title

• B60K35/231

  characterised by their arrangement or structure for integration into vehicles · CPC title

• B60K35/234

  controlling the brightness, colour or contrast of virtual images depending on the driving conditions or on the condition of the vehicle or the driver · CPC title

• B60K35/235

  with means for detecting the driver's gaze direction or eye points · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title