APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ROAD GUIDE INFORMATION ON WINDSHIELD
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1. An apparatus for displaying road guidance information on a windshield, the apparatus comprising:
- a navigation associating means acquiring road guidance information to a destination set by a driver;
a front image recognition means recognizing a travel lane from a front road image;
an eye location detecting means detecting an eye location from a facial image of the driver;
a control means controlling a windshield display means to map the road guidance information to overlay an actual road on the windshield based on the eye location of the driver detected by the eye location detecting means and display a mapped result; and
the windshield display means mapping the road guidance information to overlay the actual road and displaying the mapped result under control of the control means.
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Abstract
An apparatus for displaying road guidance information on a windshield that enables a driver to accurately recognize a road associated with a destination route by overlaying road guide information of a navigation system on the actual road based on an eye location of a driver by displaying mapped results on a windshield of a vehicle in variable location, and a method thereof are provided.
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1. An apparatus for displaying road guidance information on a windshield, the apparatus comprising:
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a navigation associating means acquiring road guidance information to a destination set by a driver; a front image recognition means recognizing a travel lane from a front road image; an eye location detecting means detecting an eye location from a facial image of the driver; a control means controlling a windshield display means to map the road guidance information to overlay an actual road on the windshield based on the eye location of the driver detected by the eye location detecting means and display a mapped result; and the windshield display means mapping the road guidance information to overlay the actual road and displaying the mapped result under control of the control means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for displaying road guide information on a windshield, the method comprising:
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acquiring road guidance information to a destination set by a driver associated with a navigation system of a vehicle; recognizing a front road image; detecting an eye location from a facial image of the driver; and mapping the road guidance information to overlay an actual road on the windshield based on the detected eye location of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing executable program instructions executed by a processor to for display road guide information on a windshield, comprising:
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program instructions that acquire road guidance information to a destination set by a driver associated with a navigation system of a vehicle; program instructions that recognize a frontal road image; program instructions that detect an eye location from a facial image of the driver; and program instructions that map the road guidance information and overlay the mapped road guidance information on an actual road on the windshield based on the detected eye location of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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