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Electronic apparatus and image display method

  • US 10,250,860 B2
  • Filed: 08/04/2016
  • Issued: 04/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

  • display means configured to display a first image;

    projecting means capable of displaying a virtual image of a second image at least in a first position near the display means or in a second position distant therefrom on a windshield of a vehicle by adjusting a focal length of the virtual image;

    determining means configured to determine whether the virtual image of the second image is to be displayed in the first position or in the second position;

    adjusting means configured to adjust the focal length of the virtual image in the projecting means on the basis of the determination by the determining means; and

    ,cooperation determining means configured to determine whether the projecting means is to cooperate with the display means on the basis of correlation between the first image and the second image, wherein the first image and the second image have correlation with each other when at least part of the first image is common to the second image; and

    ,wherein the adjusting means adjusts the focal length of the virtual image when it is determined that the projecting means is to cooperate.

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