Vehicular display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022013045-A1
Application number	US-201917297551-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 19, 2019
Priority date	Nov 27, 2018
Publication date	Jan 13, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicular display device includes at least one display panel arranged on a vehicle body of a vehicle and configured to display an image, and a display control unit configured to control display of the image. The display panel includes a movable portion provided on the vehicle body, and the display control unit includes an image control unit configured to control a display form of an image when the movable portion is operated.

First claim

1 . A vehicular display device comprising:
at least one display panel arranged on a vehicle body of a vehicle and configured to display an image; and a display control unit configured to control display of the image, wherein the display panel includes a movable portion provided on the vehicle body, and wherein the display control unit includes an image control unit configured to control a display form of the image when the movable portion is operated.

2 . The vehicular display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of display panels, wherein the image control unit is configured to, when an image of one display panel is hidden due to an operation of the movable portion, display the image of the one display panel on another display panel.

3 . The vehicular display device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the image control unit is configured to, when the movable portion is operated, display an image different from an image displayed on the other display panel before the operation of the movable portion on the other display panel.

4 . The vehicular display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the movable portion is a door or a window provided on the vehicle body, and wherein the image control unit is configured to control a display form of the image based on an opening and closing operation of the door or the window.

5 . The vehicular display device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a plurality of display panels, wherein the image control unit is configured to, when the door or the window is opened or closed, control a display form of an image on one display panel to be overlapped with the door or the window, and a display form of an image on another display panel arranged on the door or the window.

6 . The vehicular display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a movable detection unit configured to detect an operation of the movable portion, wherein the image control unit is configured to control a display form of the image based on a detection output of the movable detection unit.

7 . The vehicular display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the image control unit is configured to control a size, a shape, and brightness of the image.

8 . A vehicular display device comprising:
at least one display panel arranged on a vehicle body of a vehicle and configured to display an image; and a display control unit configured to control display of the image, wherein the display control unit includes:
a viewer detecting unit configured to detect a viewer who is around the vehicle and visually recognizes the image and a position of the viewer; and
an image control unit configured to control the image according to the position of the viewer detected by the viewer detecting unit, and
wherein the image control unit is configured to control a display form of the image in response to a change in the position of the viewer.

9 . The vehicular display device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the viewer detecting unit includes a pedestrian, and wherein the viewer detector is configured to detect a pedestrian and another vehicle, and when the other vehicle is detected, determine whether the other vehicle is an automatic driving vehicle or a non-automatic driving vehicle.

10 . The vehicular display device according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a projector configured to project an image onto a road surface around the vehicle, wherein the image control unit is configured to control display forms between display of an image on the display panel and display of an image onto a road surface by the projector.

11 . The vehicular display device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the image control unit is configured to control a size, a display position, a shape, and brightness of the image according to a change in a position of the viewer with respect to the vehicle.

12 . The vehicular display device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the image control unit is configured to change a size of the image according to a distance between the vehicle and the viewer.

13 . The vehicular display device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the image control unit is configured to change a display position of the image according to a change in a position of the viewer with respect to the vehicle.

14 . (canceled)

15 . The vehicular display device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the image control unit is configured to change a shape of the image according to a direction of the viewer with respect to the vehicle.

16 . A vehicular display device comprising:
at least one display panel arranged on a vehicle body of a vehicle and configured to display an image, wherein the display panel has a low resolution panel configured to display the image at a low resolution and a high resolution panel configured to display the image at a high resolution, and wherein an image displayed in a display area including at least the low resolution panel is displayed in a display area of the high resolution panel.

17 . The vehicular display device according to claim 16 ,
wherein the high resolution panel is arranged in a part of a display area of the display panel, and the low resolution panel is arranged in a display area other than the high resolution panel.

18 . The vehicular display device according to claim 17 ,
wherein an image displayed over both display areas of the low resolution panel and the high resolution panel is reduced and displayed in the display area of the high resolution panel.

19 . The vehicular display device according to claim 17 ,
wherein an image displayed in the display area of the low resolution panel is reduced and displayed in the display area of the high resolution panel.

20 . The vehicular display device according to claim 16 , further comprising:
a display control unit configured to control display of the image to be displayed on the display panel, wherein the display control unit includes:
a viewer detecting unit configured to detect a viewer who is around the vehicle and visually recognizes the image and a position of the viewer; and
an image control unit configured to control the image according to the position of the viewer detected by the viewer detecting unit, and
wherein the image control unit is configured to control a display form of the image in response to a change in the position of the viewer.

21 . The vehicular display device according to claim 20 ,
wherein the image control unit is configured to change a size of an image according to a distance between the vehicle and the viewer, display the image in the display area including the low resolution panel when the distance is equal to or longer than a predetermined distance, and display the image in the display area of the high resolution panel when the distance is shorter than a predetermined distance.

Assignees

• Koito Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takeda Hajime
• Kaneko Susumu
• Ito Yoshiro
• Sugimoto Atsushi

Classifications

• B60K35/81

  for controlling displays · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/85

  Arrangements for transferring vehicle- or driver-related data · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title