Display apparatus for vehicle and vehicle

• US 10,240,937 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2016
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Chung, Bumhee, Lyu, Hyunsun
• Primary Examiner(s): Sample, Jonathan L
• Application Number:
  US15/166,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20160349066A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,033 Days
• Field of Search: 701400-533
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3602 Input other than that of destination using image analysis, e.g. detection of road signs, lanes, buildings, real preceding vehicles using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/365 Guidance using head up displays or projectors, e.g. virtual vehicles or arrows projected on the windscreen or on the road itself
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3658 Lane guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/582 of traffic signs
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/588 Recognition of the road, e.g. of lane markings; Recognition of the vehicle driving pattern in relation to the road
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0666 for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/068 for control of viewing angle adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0686 with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/02 characterised by the way in which colour is displayed details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607

Abstract

The present invention relates to a display apparatus for a vehicle, which includes a display and a processor configured to control the display to display a TBT image at a point on a route on a map displayed on the display, which corresponds to a lane in which the vehicle is being driven, by matching the TBT image to the point.

Claims

1. A display apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a display configured to display a screen in at least one region of a windshield of the vehicle; and

at least one processor configured to;

acquire information regarding a first lane of a road in which the vehicle is travelling;

acquire information regarding a route for the vehicle; and

based on the vehicle being located within a predetermined distance from at least one change point along the route that corresponds to the first lane of the road, control the display to display at least one turn-by-turn (TBT) image in the at least one region of the windshield,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the display to further display at least one image corresponding to information related to travel conditions of the vehicle by;

displaying, in a first region of the windshield that is at a first position corresponding to a driver'"'"'s view of the first lane in which the vehicle is travelling, a first image at a first angle relative to a first plane that includes the first lane, wherein the first image is related to the first lane;

displaying, in a second region of the windshield that is at a second position corresponding to the driver'"'"'s view of a second lane other than the first lane in which the vehicle is travelling, a second image on a second plane that includes the second lane, wherein the second image is related to the second lane; and

changing, by applying animation effects, the first angle at which the first image is displayed depending on a distance between the vehicle and a predetermined location.

2. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1, further comprising an interface configured to receive the information regarding the first lane in which the vehicle is travelling,

wherein the information regarding the first lane in which the vehicle is travelling is based on an image of a view ahead of the vehicle or an image of a view around the vehicle, and

wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the first lane of the road in which the vehicle is travelling based on the received information.

3. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

control the display to display, on the screen in the region of the windshield, a lane image corresponding to the first lane in which the vehicle is travelling; and

display the at least one TBT image on the screen in the region of the windshield.

4. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a region of the windshield corresponding to a driver'"'"'s view of the lane in which the vehicle is travelling; and

control the display to display the at least one TBT image in the determined region of the windshield corresponding to a driver'"'"'s view of the lane in which the vehicle is travelling.

5. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 4, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine whether travelling the route would benefit from changing to a different lane from the lane in which the vehicle is travelling; and

control the display to display a TBT image corresponding to a lane change based on a determination that the route would benefit from changing to a different lane from the lane in which the vehicle is travelling.

6. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 4, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the display to display the at least one TBT image in the determined region of the windshield corresponding to a driver'"'"'s view of the lane in which the vehicle is travelling by:

controlling the display to display the first region of the windshield in a first color and a second region of the windshield in a second color that is different from the first color, the second region of the windshield corresponding to a driver'"'"'s view of a lane other than the lane in which the vehicle is travelling.

7. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 4, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine that the lane in which the vehicle is travelling branches into a plurality of road segments;

based on a determination that the lane in which the vehicle is travelling branches into a plurality of road segments;

determine a first road segment, from among the plurality of road segments, that corresponds to the route for the vehicle; and

control the display to display the first region of the windshield in a first color and a second region of the windshield in a second color different from the first color, the first region of the windshield corresponding to a driver'"'"'s view of the first road segment, and the second region of the windshield corresponding to a road segment other than the first road segment.

8. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to display, via the display, a top view of a map that displays the route for the vehicle and match the information regarding the lane in which the vehicle is travelling to the lane in which the vehicle is being traveled on the route on the map.

9. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

control the display to display the first image in a first shape or in a first color; and

control the display to display the second image in a second shape that is different from the first shape or in a second color that is different from the first color.

10. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine that a destination is preset; and

control the display to display the first image and the second image in different shapes or different colors based on a determination that the destination is preset.

11. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the display to change the first angle over a period of time.

12. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the display to display, according to a predetermined priority, the first image or the second image at the first angle to the first plane that includes the first lane in which the vehicle is travelling or at the second angle to the second plane that includes the second lane other than the first lane in which the vehicle is travelling.

13. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the first image corresponds to first information related to the travel conditions of the vehicle and the second image corresponds to second information, different from the first information, related to the travel conditions of the vehicle.

14. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 2, wherein the image of a view ahead of the vehicle or the image of a view around the vehicle comprises an image of a traffic light, a road sign, a traffic electronic signboard, or a road surface,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

detect traffic information from the image of the traffic light, the road sign, the traffic electronic signboard, or the road surface;

determine a changed route based on the traffic information detected from the image of the traffic light, the road sign, the traffic electronic signboard, or the road surface;

determine a turn-by-turn (TBT) image for the changed route;

determine a lane of a road on the changed route in which the vehicle is travelling;

determine that the vehicle has reached a point along the changed route that corresponds to the TBT image and the lane of the road; and

based on a determination that the vehicle has reached the point along the changed route that corresponds to the TBT image and the lane of the road, control the display to display the TBT image.

15. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 14, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the display to display, on a map, an event of changing the route to the changed route.

16. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 14, wherein the traffic information comprises at least one of traffic accident information, construction information, road congestion information, or extra lane information.

17. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 14, further comprising:

a communication unit configured to exchange data with at least one of a mobile terminal, an external server, or another vehicle,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the changed route based on the traffic information detected from the image of the traffic light, the road sign, the traffic electronic signboard, or the road surface by;

determining the changed route based on the traffic information received from the at least one of the mobile terminal, the external server, or the other vehicle.

18. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine a plurality of TBT images for the route;

determine, from among a plurality of change points along the route, a change point that is closest to a current position of the vehicle that corresponds to a first TBT image from among the plurality of TBT images, the change point indicating a point at which the route of the vehicle can be changed; and

control the display to display the first TBT image.

19. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine that the vehicle approaches the change point; and

control the display to change a size, a color, or a transparency of the first TBT image based on a determination that the vehicle approaches the change point.

20. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 2, wherein the interface is configured to obtain passenger information acquired by an internal camera of the vehicle,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine, based on the passenger information, whether the vehicle is permitted to enter a high-occupancy vehicle lane that is detected from the image of a view ahead of the vehicle or the image of a view around the vehicle; and

control the display to display whether the vehicle is permitted to enter the high-occupancy vehicle lane.

22. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

display, via the display, a top view of a map that displays the route for the vehicle;

match the at least one TBT image to the at least one point corresponding to the lane in which the vehicle is being traveled on the route on the map; and

display, via the display, the at least one TBT image indicating the at least one point corresponding to the lane in which the vehicle is being traveled on the route on the map.

23. The display apparatus for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

control the display to display a first TBT image that indicates a direction at a first change point among the at least one change point that is closest to a position of the vehicle on the route;

control the display to display a second TBT image which is smaller than the first TBT image and that is displayed around a periphery the first TBT image, wherein the second TBT image indicates a direction at a second change point among the at least one change point that is second-closest to the position of the vehicle on the route; and

apply perspective to the second TBT image to display the second TBT image to appear farther from the position of the vehicle as compared with the first TBT image.

21. A vehicle comprising:

a plurality of wheels;

a power source configured to power a rotation of at least one of the plurality of wheels; and

a display apparatus comprising;

a display that is configured to display a screen in at least one region of a windshield of the vehicle; and

at least one processor configured to;

acquire information regarding a first lane of a road in which the vehicle is travelling;

acquire information regarding route for the vehicle; and

based on the vehicle being located within a predetermined distance from at least one change point along the route that corresponds to the first lane of the road, control the display to display at least one turn-by-turn (TBT) image in the at least one region of the windshield,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the display to further display at least one image corresponding to information related to travel conditions of the vehicle by;

displaying, in a first region of the windshield that is at a first position corresponding to a driver'"'"'s view of the first lane in which the vehicle is travelling, a first image at a first angle relative to a first plane that includes the first lane, wherein the first image is related to the first lane;

displaying, in a second region of the windshield that is at a second position corresponding to the driver'"'"'s view of a second lane other than the first lane in which the vehicle is travelling, a second image on a second plane that includes the second lane, wherein the second image is related to the second lane; and

changing, by applying animation effects, the first angle at which the first image is displayed depending on a distance between the vehicle and a predetermined location.