Vehicle Display Apparatus And Vehicle Including The Same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016355133-A1
Application number	US-201615171076-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 2, 2016
Priority date	Jun 2, 2015
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed are a vehicle display apparatus and a vehicle including the same. The vehicle display apparatus includes a front camera configured to capture a vehicle front-view image, a display disposed on a windshield or a dashboard inside a vehicle, the display being located in an area corresponding to a driver's seat and a passenger seat, and a processor configured to control display of the vehicle front-view image transmitted from the front camera in a first area corresponding to the driver's seat within the overall area of the display while the vehicle is traveling, and to display at least one of traveling guidance information and vehicle traveling information so as to overlap the vehicle front-view image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle display apparatus comprising:
a front camera configured to capture a forward view image in front of a vehicle; a display disposed above a dashboard inside the vehicle, wherein the display includes a first area oriented toward a driver seat and a second area oriented toward a passenger seat; and a processor configured to provide, to the first area of the display, (i) the forward view image captured by the front camera and (ii) traveling guidance information or vehicle traveling information that is overlaid over the forward view image.

2 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the traveling guidance information includes a first indicator indicating a direction that the vehicle moves and a second indicator indicating a speed limit in an area in which the vehicle is located, and
wherein the processor is configured to detect a road area and a lane area in the forward view image captured by the front camera and provide, to the first area of the display, the first indicator and the second indicator overlaid over the road area in the forward view image.

3 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the front camera is configured to capture a forward view image of an area that is not visible from the driver seat.

4 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an indoor camera configured to capture an image of a driver,
wherein the processor is configured to
determine an eye level of the driver from the captured image of the driver, and
determine, based on the eye level of the driver, an operating angle of the front camera or a cropping area of the forward view image.

5 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the front camera is configured to capture a forward view image of an area that is not visible from the driver seat, and
wherein the processor is configured to detect one or more obstacles from the forward view image of the area that is not visible from the diver seat and provide obstacle information indicating the one or more obstacles to the first area of the display.

6 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to provide, to the display, one or more maps corresponding to a first location at which the forward view image is captured or a second location that is adjacent to the first location.

7 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a rear camera configured to capture a rear view image of a rear of the vehicle,
wherein the processor is configured to
determine that the vehicle moves in reverse, and
provide, based on the determination that the vehicle moves in reverse, the rear view image to the first area of the display.

8 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first side camera configured to capture a first side view image; a second side camera configured to capture a second side view image; and a rear camera configured to capture a rear view image, wherein the processor is configured to provide, to the display, the first side view image, the second side view image, the rear view image, or the forward view image.

9 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first side view camera configured to capture a first side view image; a second side view camera configured to capture a second side view image; and a rear camera configured to capture a rear view image, wherein the processor is configured to generate an around-view image using the first side view image, the second side view image, the forward view image, and the rear view image and provide the around-view image to the display.

10 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to provide vehicle state information or a visual content to the display.

11 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to provide a visual content to the second area of the display.

12 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an interface unit configured to receive a visual content from an external apparatus,
wherein the processor is configured to provide the received visual content to the display.

13 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a receiver configured to receive a user input,
wherein the processor is configured to
obtain vehicle-related information and a visual content,
divide the display into multiple portions of the display, and
based on the user input, allocate the forward view image, the vehicle-related information, and the visual content to each of the multiple portions of the display respectively.

14 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a receiver configured to receive user input; and a communication unit configured to transmit data for display in a second display, wherein the processor is configured to determine, based on the user input, that the data for display in the second display is the forward view image, vehicle-related information, or visual content.

15 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
identify speed information of the vehicle, and determine, based on the identified speed information of the vehicle, a size of a portion in the first area of the display for displaying the forward view image or a mode of displaying traveling guidance information or the vehicle traveling information in the first area of the display.

16 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an indoor camera configured to capture an image oriented to the passenger seat, wherein the processor is configured to
identify, from the captured image oriented to the passenger seat, a presence of a passenger or a state of a passenger;
based on the identification of the presence of the passenger or the state of the passenger, turn off the second area of the display.

17 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a communication unit configured to receive advertisement information from an advertisement server computer system,
wherein the processor is configured to provide the advertisement information to the second area of the display.

18 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an indoor camera configured to detect a posture of a driver,
wherein the processor is configured to
generate, based on the detected posture of the driver, posture information of the driver,
determine, based on the posture information of the driver, a first scaling rate for a first region of the forward view image and a second scaling rate for a second region of the forward view image, and
manipulate the first region of the forward view image using the first scaling rate and the second region of the forward view image using the second scaling rate.

19 . The vehicle display apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the posture information of the driver includes a distance between the driver and the display,
wherein the processor is configured to determine the first scaling rate is larger than the second scaling rate as the distance between the driver and the display increases.

20 . A vehicle comprising a vehicle display apparatus, the vehicle display apparatus comprises:
a front camera configured to cap

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Mingoo
• Cho Dongjun
• Kim Junghee

Classifications

• B60R1/00 Primary

  Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles · CPC title

• H04N7/181

  for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• B60R2300/205

  using a head-up display · CPC title

• G02B27/01

  Head-up displays · CPC title