Device and method for displaying head-up display (HUD) information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9598013-B2
Application number	US-201414566444-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2014
Priority date	Dec 12, 2013
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a device and method for displaying head-up display (HUD) information, including: a first sensing unit for detecting a surrounding brightness around a vehicle; a second sensing unit for detecting a background brightness of a background area in which the HUD information is displayed; and a control unit for comparing the surrounding brightness with the background brightness, and adjusting a brightness of the HUD information based on the background brightness when a brightness difference between the surrounding brightness and the background brightness is equal to or more than a predetermined reference value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for displaying head-up display (HUD) information, comprising:
an illumination detecting sensor configured to detect a surrounding brightness around a vehicle;
a camera configured to take an image of an object outside and in front of the vehicle, wherein the object appears on a location in which the HUD information is to be displayed; and
a controller configured to:
detect a background brightness on the location based on the image of the object,
compare the surrounding brightness with the background brightness, and
adjust a brightness of the HUD information based on the background brightness when a brightness difference between the surrounding brightness and the background brightness is equal to or more than a predetermined reference value,
wherein the controller adjusts the brightness of the HUD information based on the surrounding brightness when the brightness difference between the surrounding brightness and the background brightness is below the predetermined reference value.

2. The device for displaying HUD information of claim 1 , wherein the controller displays the HUD information whose brightness is adjusted based on the background brightness, in the manner of Augmented Reality so as to match with a real road on which a vehicle is currently running.

3. The device for displaying HUD information of claim 1 , wherein the controller displays the HUD information whose brightness is adjusted based on the surrounding brightness, in the manner of Augmented Reality so as to match with a real road on which a vehicle is currently running.

4. A method for displaying head-up display (HUD) information, comprising:
detecting, by an illumination detecting sensor, a surrounding brightness around a vehicle;
taking, by a camera, an image of an object outside and in front of the vehicle, wherein the object appears on a location in which the HUD information is to be displayed;
detecting, by a controller, a background brightness on the location based on the image of the object;
comparing, by the controller, the surrounding brightness with the background brightness; and
adjusting, by the controller, a brightness of the HUD information based on the background brightness, when a brightness difference between the surrounding brightness and the background brightness is equal to or more than a predetermined reference value,
wherein when the brightness difference between the surrounding brightness and the background brightness is below the predetermined reference value, the controller adjusts the brightness of the HUD information based on the surrounding brightness.

5. The method for displaying HUD information of claim 4 , further comprising displaying, by the controller, the HUD information whose brightness is adjusted, in the manner of Augmented Reality so as to match with a real road on which a vehicle is currently running.

Assignees

• Hyundai Autron Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oh Hyung Suk
• Keum Byung Jik

Classifications

• B60R2300/308

  by overlaying the real scene, e.g. through a head-up display on the windscreen · CPC title

• G02B2027/0118

  comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility · CPC title

• G02B2027/014

  comprising information/image processing systems · CPC title

• G02B27/01 Primary

  Head-up displays · CPC title

• B60R2300/205

  using a head-up display · CPC title