Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automotive display device showing virtual image spot encircling front obstacle
- Patent Title (中): 汽车显示装置显示虚像图像围绕前障碍物
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Application No.: US12318927Application Date: 2009-01-13
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Publication No.: US08009024B2Publication Date: 2011-08-30
- Inventor: Takeshi Enya , Masaru Kakizaki
- Applicant: Takeshi Enya , Masaru Kakizaki
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: Denso Corporation
- Current Assignee: Denso Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Posz Law Group, PLC
- Priority: JP2008-015289 20080125
- Main IPC: B60Q1/00
- IPC: B60Q1/00

Abstract:
A display device of the present invention is mounted on an automotive vehicle. An obstacle located in front of the vehicle is detected by a camera, and its features including speed, distance, size, etc. are analyzed by electronic circuits. An image showing the features of the front object is outputted from a liquid crystal panel. The outputted image is reflected on the windshield, displaying a virtual image to a driver. The virtual image is displayed in a form of a spot encircling the front obstacle seen through the windshield. The ways of displaying the encircling spot are variously changed according to a degree of collision danger that is determined according to a period in which the vehicle reaches the obstacle. For example, if the degree of collision danger is high, the spot is shown in red-orange color and/or with a high brightness. Thus, the driver easily recognizes the front obstacle in a high degree of collision danger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090189753A1 Automotive display device showing virtual image spot encircling front obstacle Public/Granted day:2009-07-30
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