Information Display Apparatus and Navigation Apparatus
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Abstract
In an information display apparatus such as a head-up display, while safety is being secured, visibility from a user is improved. Image data having an object such as an arrow showing an advancing direction or a road sign drawn on it are generated as information to be given to the user by a display information generating section 12 and is output to a projector 13. When a light beam R1 corresponding to the image data is emitted from the projector 13 to a combiner 14, reflected light of the light beam R1 and transmitted light of external light R2 are combined in the combiner 14, so as to be viewed by the user. At this time, the display information generating section 12 outputs coordinate values showing a display position of the object to a transmittance control section 16, and the transmittance control section 16 specifies a display region of the object based on the coordinate values, and reduces the transmittance in the specified region of the light control panel 15 so as to reduce a transmitting amount of the external light R2.
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17. An information display apparatus which displays notification information to be given to the user, comprising:
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a display device which is composed of a base material for transmitting a visible light beam and is provided with a display surface for displaying the notification information with it being opposed to an incident surface of the visible light beam;
a light control device which is arranged so as to be overlapped with the incident surface of the display device, controls luminance of the visible light beam incident to the incident surface and is formed by a base material having transparency, and changes light transmittance for each region obtained by dividing a range overlapped with the display device;
a display control device which generates data including the notification information as image data and controls display of the notification information in the display device;
a specifying device which specifies a display position of the notification information on the display device and specifies the region of the light control device corresponding to the display position;
a transmittance control device which controls the light control device so as to reduce the light transmittance in the specified region;
an imaging device which images the display device having the notification information displayed on it; and
a video picture analyzing device which calculates a difference between a brightness component corresponding to pixels included in a display range of the notification information in video picture data corresponding to a video picture imaged by the imaging device and its vicinity range and a brightness component in the range in the image data including the notification information, so as to generate viewing information representing a viewing state of the notification information from the user based on the difference value, wherein the specifying device specifies the region on the light control device based on the viewing information, the transmittance control device reduces light transmittance in the specified region. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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20. An information display apparatus which displays notification information to be given to the user, comprising:
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a display device which is composed of a base material for transmitting a visible light beam and is provided with a display surface for displaying the notification information with it being opposed to an incident surface of the visible light beam;
a light control device which is arranged so as to be overlapped with the incident surface of the display device, controls luminance of the visible light beam incident to the incident surface and is formed by a base material having transparency, and changes light transmittance for each region obtained by dividing a range overlapped with the display device;
a display control device which generates data including the notification information as image data and controls display of the notification information in the display device;
a specifying device which specifies a display position of the notification information on the display device and specifies the region of the light control device corresponding to the display position; and
a transmittance control device which controls the light control device so as to reduce the light transmittance in the specified region, wherein when the light control device is arranged so as to be separated from the incident surface of the display device, the specifying device has a table for storing information for relating the region on the light control device viewed by the user to the display position in it for each of different viewing positions, and after the viewing position of the user is specified, it uses the table corresponding to the viewing position so as to specify the region of the light control device corresponding to the display position of the notification information on the display device.
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21. An information display apparatus which displays notification information to be given to the user, comprising:
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a display device which is composed of a base material for transmitting a visible light beam and is provided with a display surface for displaying the notification information with it being opposed to an incident surface of the visible light beam;
a light control device which is arranged so as to be overlapped with the incident surface of the display device, controls luminance of the visible light beam incident to the incident surface and is formed by a base material having transparency, and changes light transmittance for each region obtained by dividing a range overlapped with the display device;
a display control device which generates data including the notification information as image data and controls display of the notification information in the display device;
a specifying device which specifies a display position of the notification information on the display device and specifies the region of the light control device corresponding to the display position; and
a transmittance control device which controls the light control device so as to reduce the light transmittance in the specified region, wherein when the light control device is arranged so as to be separated from the incident surface of the display device, the specifying device generates information for relating the display position on the display device to the region on the light control device overlapped with the display position and viewed by the user according to a distance from the user'"'"'s viewing position to the light control device and the display device, and specifies the region on the light control device corresponding to the display position of the notification information on the display device based on the information.
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28. A navigation apparatus which displays route guiding information necessary for route guiding due to a movement of a mobile object, comprising:
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a display device which is composed of a base material for transmitting a visible light beam and is provided with a display surface for displaying the route guiding information with it being opposed to an incident surface of the visible light beam;
a light control device which is arranged so as to be overlapped with the incident surface of the display device, controls luminance of the visible light beam incident to the incident surface and is formed by a base material having transparency, and changes light transmittance in each of regions obtained by dividing a range overlapped with the display device;
a recording device which records image data including the route guiding information in it;
a display control device which controls display of the route guiding information in the display device based on the image data recorded in the recording device;
a specifying device which specifies a display position of the route guiding information on the display device and specifies the region of the light control device corresponding to the display position;
a transmittance control device which controls the light control device so as to reduce the light transmittance in the specified region;
an imaging device which images the display device having the route guiding information displayed on it; and
a video picture analyzing device which calculates a difference between a brightness component corresponding to pixels included in a display range of the route guiding information in video picture data corresponding to a video picture imaged by the imaging device and its vicinity range and a brightness component in the range in the image data including the route guiding information, so as to generate viewing information representing a viewing state of the route guiding information from the user based on the difference value, wherein the specifying device specifies the region on the light control device based on the viewing information, the transmittance control device reduces light transmittance in the specified region. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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29. A navigation apparatus which displays route guiding information necessary for route guiding due to a movement of a mobile object, comprising:
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a display device which is composed of a base material for transmitting a visible light beam and is provided with a display surface for displaying the route guiding information with it being opposed to an incident surface of the visible light beam;
a light control device which is arranged so as to be overlapped with the incident surface of the display device, controls luminance of the visible light beam incident to the incident surface and is formed by a base material having transparency, and changes light transmittance in each of regions obtained by dividing a range overlapped with the display device;
a recording device which records image data including the route guiding information in it;
a display control device which controls display of the route guiding information in the display device based on the image data recorded in the recording device;
a specifying device which specifies a display position of the route guiding information on the display device and specifies the region of the light control device corresponding to the display position; and
a transmittance control device which controls the light control device so as to reduce the light transmittance in the specified region;
wherein when the light control device is arranged so as to be separated from the incident surface of the display device, the specifying device has a table for storing information for relating the region on the light control device viewed by the user to the display position in it for each of different viewing positions, and after the viewing position of the user is specified, it uses the table corresponding to the viewing position so as to specify the region of the light control device corresponding to the display position of the route guiding information on the display device.
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30. A navigation apparatus which displays route guiding information necessary for route guiding due to a movement of a mobile object, comprising:
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a display device which is composed of a base material for transmitting a visible light beam and is provided with a display surface for displaying the route guiding information with it being opposed to an incident surface of the visible light beam;
a light control device which is arranged so as to be overlapped with the incident surface of the display device, controls luminance of the visible light beam incident to the incident surface and is formed by a base material having transparency, and changes light transmittance in each of regions obtained by dividing a range overlapped with the display device;
a recording device which records image data including the route guiding information in it;
a display control device which controls display of the route guiding information in the display device based on the image data recorded in the recording device;
a specifying device which specifies a display position of the route guiding information on the display device and specifies the region of the light control device corresponding to the display position; and
a transmittance control device which controls the light control device so as to reduce the light transmittance in the specified region, wherein when the light control device is arranged so as to be separated from the incident surface of the display device, the specifying device generates information for relating the display position on the display device to the region on the light control device overlapped with the display position and viewed by the user according to a distance from the user'"'"'s viewing position to the light control device and the display device, and specifies the region on the light control device corresponding to the display position of the route guiding information on the display device based on the information.
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