On-vehicle information provision apparatus
First Claim
1. An on-vehicle information provision apparatus that visually provides a vehicle occupant with positional information on an object, said apparatus comprising:
- an object setting device that sets the object;
a visibility determination device that determines whether or not the occupant can see the object; and
a positional information display device that, when it is determined that the occupant can see the object, visually informs the occupant of an apparent position of the object within an actual landscape that is being seen by the occupant by displaying image information showing the object superimposed on the landscape.
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Abstract
An on-vehicle information provision apparatus is provided that visually provides a vehicle occupant with positional information on an object. The apparatus includes object setting device that sets the object, visibility determination device that determining whether or not the occupant can see the object and positional information display device that, when it is determined that the occupants can see the object, visually informs the occupant of an apparent position of the object within an actual landscape that is being seen by the occupant by displaying image information showing the object superimposed on the landscape.
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17 Claims
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1. An on-vehicle information provision apparatus that visually provides a vehicle occupant with positional information on an object, said apparatus comprising:
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an object setting device that sets the object;
a visibility determination device that determines whether or not the occupant can see the object; and
a positional information display device that, when it is determined that the occupant can see the object, visually informs the occupant of an apparent position of the object within an actual landscape that is being seen by the occupant by displaying image information showing the object superimposed on the landscape. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An on-vehicle information provision apparatus that visually provides a vehicle occupant with positional information on an object, said apparatus comprising:
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object setting means for setting the object;
visibility determination means for determining whether or not the occupant can see the object; and
positional information display means for, when it is determined that the occupant can see the object, visually informing the occupant of an apparent position of the object within an actual landscape that is being seen by the occupant by displaying image information showing the object superimposed on the landscape.
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16. An on-vehicle information provision method for visually informing a vehicle occupant of positional information of an object, said method comprising the steps of:
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setting the object;
determining whether or not the occupant can see the object; and
when it is determined that the occupants can see the object, visually informing the occupant of an apparent position of the object within an actual landscape that is being seen by the occupant by displaying image information showing the object superimposed on the landscape.
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17. A program that operates an on-vehicle information provision apparatus that visually provides a vehicle occupant with positional information on an object, the program comprising the instructions of setting the object, determining whether or not the,occupant can see the object, and, when it is determined that the occupants can see the object, visually informing the occupant of an apparent position of the object within an actual landscape that is being seen by the occupants by displaying image information showing the object superimposed on the landscape.
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