DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT SYSTEM

• US 20090201315A1
• Filed: 02/02/2007
• Published: 08/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nishida, Osamu
• Granted Patent: US 8,199,167 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/634
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/143 Touch sensitive instrument input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A diagnostic support device supports a diagnosis of a display state of a composite image displayed on a display device that is arranged to display a composite image obtained by combining a plurality of composite target images corresponding to pieces of information supplied from respective devices mounted on a vehicle, the plurality of composite target images being combined with reference to layout information, the diagnostic support device including a layout information obtaining section arranged to obtain the layout information, a layout information output section arranged to output to an image combining apparatus, the layout information, per composite target image, the image combining apparatus combining the plurality of composite target images, and the layout information being obtained by the layout information obtaining section.

Claims

1-6. -6. (canceled)

7. :

A diagnostic support device adapted to support a diagnosis of a display state of a composite image displayed on an on-board display device to display a composite image obtained by combining a plurality of composite target images corresponding to pieces of information supplied from respective devices mounted on a vehicle, the plurality of composite target images being combined with reference to layout information respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of composite target images, the diagnostic support device comprising;

a layout information obtaining section arranged to obtain the layout information;

a layout information output section arranged to output the layout information to an image combining apparatus, per composite target image, the image combining apparatus being arranged to combine the plurality of composite target images, and the layout information being obtained by the layout information obtaining section.

8. :

The diagnostic support device according to claim 7, wherein

the layout information output section is arranged to judge whether or not there is output instruction information for outputting the layout information, and to output the layout information per image composite target image only when there is output instruction information.

9. :

The diagnostic support device according to claim 8, further comprising an input section arranged to input the output instruction information to the layout information output section, the layout information output section being arranged to output the layout information per composite target image, when the output instruction information is inputted by the input section.

10. :

The diagnostic support device according to claim 7, further comprising a selection section arranged to select the composite target images, the layout information output section outputs, one by one, layout information per composite target image, until layout information corresponding to a composite target image selected by the selection section is outputted.

11. :

A diagnostic support system comprising;

an image combining apparatus arranged to combine a plurality of composite target images corresponding to pieces of information supplied from respective devices mounted on a vehicle, the plurality of composite target images being combined with reference to layout information respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of composite target images;

an on-board display device arranged to display a composite image obtained by the image combining apparatus; and

a diagnostic support device arranged to support a diagnosis of a display state of a composite image displayed on an on-board display device;

the diagnostic support device including;

a layout information obtaining section arranged to obtain the layout information; and

a layout information output section arranged to output the layout information to an image combining apparatus, per composite target image, the layout information being obtained by the layout information obtaining section.

12. :

The diagnostic support system according to claim 11, wherein the image combining apparatus includes;

a composite target image storage section arranged to store a plurality of composite target images therein; and

an image combining section arranged to combine the plurality of composite target images with reference to the layout information and to output thus combined composite image to the display device.

13. :

A computer readable medium storing a computer program with a program code for performing, when the computer program runs on a computer, a method for supporting a diagnosis of a display state of a composite image displayed on an on-board display device for displaying a composite image obtained by combining a plurality of composite target images corresponding to pieces of information supplied from respective devices mounted on a vehicle, the plurality of composite target images being combined with reference to layout information respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of composite target images, the diagnostic support method comprising the steps of;

obtaining the layout information; and

outputting the layout information to an image combining apparatus, per composite target image, the image combining apparatus combining the plurality of composite target images.