Vehicular Heads-Up Display System
First Claim
1. A vehicle, comprising:
- a heads-up display system for generating a virtual display in a field of view of an occupant of the vehicle when facing outward of the vehicle; and
a control system coupled to said heads-up display system for detecting an action by the occupant and controlling the content of the virtual display being generated by said heads-up display system based on the detected action.
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Abstract
Heads-up display systems for vehicles which generate a virtual display in a field of view of an occupant of the vehicle when facing outward of the vehicle. A control system is coupled to the heads-up display system and detects an action by the occupant, e.g., touching of a touch pad, and controls the content of the virtual display being generated by the heads-up display system based on the detected action. The touch pad may be a SAW-based touch pad whereby touching causes a particular returned signal from the SAW substrate, with this particular returned signal being processable into an activation of the manner in which the touch pad was touched.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle, comprising:
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a heads-up display system for generating a virtual display in a field of view of an occupant of the vehicle when facing outward of the vehicle; and
a control system coupled to said heads-up display system for detecting an action by the occupant and controlling the content of the virtual display being generated by said heads-up display system based on the detected action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for controlling one of a plurality of different components in a vehicle, comprising:
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generating a virtual display in a field of view of an occupant when facing outward of the vehicle;
arranging at least one microphone in the vehicle to detect vocal output of the occupant;
analyzing the detected vocal output to determine which component is to be controlled;
controlling the component based on the detected vocal output; and
adjusting the display to indicate the manner in which the component is being controlled.
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19. A method for providing information to an occupant of a compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
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generating a virtual display in a field of view of the occupant when facing outward of the vehicle on which information is displayed;
arranging at least one camera in the vehicle to obtain images of the occupant;
analyzing the images to detect movement of the occupant; and
controlling the display based on the detected movement of the occupant to enable the information displayed on the display to be varied based on occupant movement. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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