DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20100283597A1
• Filed: 11/14/2008
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2008
• 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: Fujimoto, Fumiaki, Fujisawa, Masayuki, Yoda, Kazuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,339,255 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/461
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1868 according to driving situations
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/155 Virtual instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1868 according to driving situations
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/213 Virtual instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 11/28 Structurally-combined illuminating devices

Abstract

A display system of the present invention includes a liquid crystal platform section (200) which outputs display data for displaying, on a liquid crystal display section (100), an image in accordance with information obtained from an automobile. The liquid crystal platform section (200) includes a DIC (201) which generates display data and calculates a display position of the image to be displayed on the liquid crystal display section (100) from the obtained information and which causes the generated display data to be displayed in the calculated image display position. The DIC (201) updates display so that the image moves at frame intervals from a start position of image display to the image display position calculated from the automobile information currently obtained, when an interval at which the information is obtained is longer than each of the frame intervals for displaying the image. The start position is the image display position having been calculated from the information obtained immediately before the information currently obtained. This makes it possible to realize a display system including an image display device whose change in image can be reliably tracked by eyes of a driver (human being).

Claims

1. A display system mounted on a moving body that is controllable, the display system including an image display device displaying, as an image, information regarding the moving body,

the image display device comprising:

an image display section displaying the image;

a display data generating section creating the image to be displayed on the image display section as display data, in accordance with the information obtained from the moving body;

a display position calculating section calculating a display position of the image to be displayed on the image display section, from the information obtained from the moving body; and

a display control section displaying the display data generated by the display data generating section, in the image display position on the image display section, the image display position calculated by the display position calculating section,

the display control section, when an interval at which the information is obtained from the moving body is longer than each of frame intervals for displaying the image on the image display section, updating the image display position of the image so that the image moves at the frame intervals from a start position of image display to the image display position calculated by the display position calculating section from the information currently obtained regarding the moving body, the start position being the image display position having been calculated by the display position calculating section from the information obtained regarding the moving body immediately before the information currently obtained.

2. The display system as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the display control section updates the image display position so that the image moves by an equal distance from the start position to the image display position calculated by the display position calculating section from the information currently obtained regarding the moving body.

3. The display system as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the image to be displayed on the image display section is an image which indicates moving speed of the moving body itself.

4. The display system as set forth in claim 3, wherein:

the image is an image which shows an indicator needle of a rotating meter.

5. The display system as set forth in claim 3, wherein:

the image includes a plurality of static images for indicating a level change of a level meter.

6. The display system as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the image display device is a liquid crystal display device.

7. The display system as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the moving body is a vehicle.

8. An image display device mounted on a moving body that is controllable, the image display device calculating a display position of an image from information obtained from the moving body and displaying the image in the display position calculated, the image display device comprising:

an image display section displaying the image;

a display data generating section creating the image to be displayed on the image display section as display data, in accordance with the information obtained from the moving body;

a display position calculating section calculating the display position of the image to be displayed on the image display section from the information obtained from the moving body;

a display control section displaying the display data generated by the display data generating section, in the image display position on the image display section, the image display position calculated by the display position calculating section,

the display control section, when an interval at which the information is obtained from the moving body is longer than each of frame intervals for displaying the image on the image display section, updating the image display position of the image so that the image moves at the frame intervals from a start position of image display to the image display position calculated by the display position calculating section from the information currently obtained regarding the moving body, the start position being the image display position having been calculated by the display position calculating section from the information obtained regarding the moving body immediately before the information currently obtained.

9. The image display device as set forth in claim 8, wherein:

the display control section updates the image display position so that the image moves by an equal distance from the start position to the image display position calculated by the display position calculating section from the information currently obtained regarding the moving body.

10. The image display device as set forth in claim 8, wherein:

the image to be displayed on the image display section is an image which indicates moving speed of the moving body itself.

11. The image display device as set forth in claim 10, wherein:

the image is an image which shows an indicator needle of a rotating meter.

12. The image display device as set forth in claim 10, wherein:

the image includes a plurality of static images for indicating a level change of a level meter.

13. The image display device as set forth in claim 8, wherein:

the image display device is a liquid crystal display device.

14. The image display device as set forth in claim 8, wherein:

the moving body is a vehicle.

15. A display control device of an image display device which displays an image to be displayed in an image display position obtained from information obtained from a moving body that is controllable, the display control device being connected to the moving body,

the display control device, when an interval at which the information is obtained from the moving body is longer than each of frame intervals for displaying the image on the image display device, updating the image display position of the image so that the image moves at the frame intervals from a start position of image display to the image display position calculated from the information currently obtained regarding the moving body, the start position being the image display position having been calculated from the information obtained regarding moving body immediately before the information currently obtained.

16. The display control device as set forth in claim 15, updating the image display position so that the image moves by an equal distance from the start position to the image display position calculated by the display position calculating section from the information currently obtained regarding the moving body.

17. The display control device as set forth in claim 15, wherein:

the image to be displayed on the image display device is an image which indicates moving speed of the moving body itself.

18. The display control device as set forth in claim 17, wherein:

the image is an image which shows an indicator needle of a rotating meter.

19. The display control device as set forth in claim 17, wherein:

the image includes a plurality of static images for indicating a level change of a level meter.

20. The display control device as set forth in claim 15, wherein:

the image display device is a liquid crystal display device.

21. The display control device as set forth in claim 15, wherein:

the moving body is a vehicle.

22. An image display device displaying an image whose display position changes with time, the image display device calculating the display position of the image from information obtained regarding the display position and displaying the image in the display position calculated, the image display device comprising:

an image display section displaying the image;

a display data generating section creating the image to be displayed on the image display section as display data, in accordance with the information obtained;

a display position calculating section calculating the display position of the image to be displayed on the image display section, from the information obtained;

a display control section displaying the display data generated by the display data generating section, in the image display position on the image display section, the display position calculated by the display position calculating section,

the display control section, when an interval at which the information is obtained is longer than each of frame intervals for displaying the image on the image display section, updating the image display position of the image so that the image moves at the frame intervals from a start position of image display to the image display position calculated by the display position calculating section from the information currently obtained, the start position being the image display position having been calculated by the display position calculating section from the information obtained immediately before the information currently obtained.

23. The image display device as set forth in claim 22, wherein:

the display control section updates the image display position so that the image moves by an equal distance from the start position to the image display position calculated by the display position calculating section from the information currently obtained.

24. The image display device as set forth in claim 22, wherein:

the image is an image which shows an indicator needle of a rotating meter.

25. The image display device as set forth in claim 22, wherein:

the image includes a plurality of static images for indicating a level change of a level meter.

26. The image display device as set forth in claim 22, wherein:

the image display device is a liquid crystal display device.