Vehicle display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11822845-B2
Application number	US-202117514445-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2021
Priority date	Dec 17, 2020
Publication date	Nov 21, 2023
Grant date	Nov 21, 2023

Abstract

A vehicle display device that is mounted on a vehicle moving toward a destination does not display a content shown in the destination but displays a video related to the content and a video other than a video provided in the destination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle display device mounted on a vehicle moving toward a destination, the destination being one area of a plurality of divided areas, each of the plurality of divided areas having a different concept, the vehicle display device comprising:
a display provided as a window and having a transparent mode and a non-transparent mode; and
one or more processors configured to execute the steps of:
analyzing a relationship between objects in a landscape of a traveling route of the vehicle and the concept of the destination,
determining whether the objects in the landscape are related to the concept of the destination,
setting the display to the transparent mode when the vehicle travels near objects determined to be related to the concept of the destination and displaying a video associated with the destination that includes objects in the landscape determined to be related to the concept of the destination, and
setting the display to the non-transparent mode when the vehicle travels near objects related to the concept of another divided area and not the concept of the destination and displaying a video associated with the destination that excludes objects in the landscape determined to be related to the concept of the another divided area and not the concept of the destination.

2. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to execute the step of displaying a related video associated with the concept of the another divided area, and
the related video is a video that is associated with a content of the video associated with the destination.

3. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 , wherein the related video is at least one of a video of a location used when the content was created, a video about a birthplace of a creator of the content, and a video about a location of an object referenced in the video associated with the destination when the content was created.

4. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the destination is an entertainment facility.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kagami Ayaka
• Hanawa Atsushi
• Murata Soshiro
• Hasegawa Hideo
• Kuno Genshi
• Kikuzaki Yuta
• Oomi Yuu
• Yamada Takeshi
• Furuta Masako
• Shimome Toshihisa
• Sasaki Kensuke

Classifications

• G06F3/14 Primary

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title

• H04N21/41422

  located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle (arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62) · CPC title

• B60K35/00 Primary

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

• G06F3/147 Primary

  using display panels · CPC title

• G06F3/1423

  controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display · CPC title