DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD CONSIDERING A TRAVELING MODE OF A VEHICLE

• US 20160121895A1
• Filed: 11/04/2015
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: SEO, Jung Hoon
• Granted Patent: US 9,731,720 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/205 using a head-up display
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/207 using multi-purpose displays, e.g. camera image and navigation or video on same display
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/302 combining image information with GPS information or vehicle data, e.g. vehicle speed, gyro, steering angle data
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/402 Image calibration
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/60 characterised by monitoring and displaying vehicle exterior scenes from a transformed perspective
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18 Propelling the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention

Abstract

Disclosed is a display apparatus which considers the speed and traveling mode of a vehicle. The display apparatus includes an information obtaining unit configured to obtain at least one of internal and external information about a vehicle, a control unit configured to process the information obtained by the information obtaining unit into a single image or a plurality of images by using a single image generator and control the image to be changed according to a traveling mode of the vehicle, and a display unit configured to display the image or the plurality of images.

Claims

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

an information obtaining unit configured to obtain at least one of internal and external information about a vehicle;

a control unit configured to process the information obtained by the information obtaining unit into a single image or a plurality of images by using a single image generator, and control the image to be changed according to a traveling mode of the vehicle; and

a display unit configured to display the single image or the plurality of images.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein when a current vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined vehicle speed, the control unit sets the traveling mode of the vehicle to a high speed traveling mode, and when the current vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined vehicle speed, the control unit sets the traveling mode of the vehicle to a low speed traveling mode.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control unit corrects distortion of the image according to a traveling mode of the vehicle, or when the traveling mode of the vehicle is the high speed traveling mode, the control unit controls a size of the image to be changed to be larger than a case where the traveling mode of the vehicle is the low speed traveling mode.

4. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein when the traveling mode of the vehicle is the high speed traveling mode, the control unit controls the number of displayed images to be changed to be smaller than that in the case where the traveling mode of the vehicle is the low speed traveling mode.

5. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control unit controls a position of a display area of the image to be changed according to the traveling mode of the vehicle.

6. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein when the traveling mode of the vehicle is the low speed traveling mode, the control unit controls resolution of the image to be changed to be higher than that in the case where the traveling mode of the vehicle is the high speed traveling mode.

7. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein when the traveling mode of the vehicle is the low speed traveling mode, the display unit varies projection distances of a plurality of images displayed on the screen of the vehicle for each image.

8. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein when the traveling mode of the vehicle is the low speed traveling mode, the display unit varies magnifications of a plurality of images displayed on the screen of the vehicle for each image.

9. A display method, comprising:

obtaining internal or external information about a vehicle;

processing the obtained information into a single image or a plurality of images by using a single image generator;

changing the image according to a traveling mode of the vehicle; and

displaying a changed image according to the traveling mode of the vehicle.

10. The display method of claim 9, further comprising:

when a current vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined vehicle speed, setting the traveling mode of the vehicle to a high speed traveling mode, and when the current vehicle speed is lower than the predetermined vehicle speed, setting the traveling mode of the vehicle to a low speed traveling mode.

11. The display method of claim 10, wherein the processing of the obtained information includes correcting distortion of the image according to a traveling mode of the vehicle, or when the traveling mode of the vehicle is the high speed traveling mode, changing a size of the image to be larger than a case where the traveling mode of the vehicle is the low speed traveling mode.

12. The display method of claim 10, wherein the processing of the obtained information includes when the traveling mode of the vehicle is the high speed traveling mode, changing the number of displayed images to be smaller than that in the case where the traveling mode of the vehicle is the low speed traveling mode.

13. The display method of claim 10, wherein the changing of the image includes changing a position of a display area of the image according to the traveling mode of the vehicle.

14. The display method of claim 10, wherein the changing of the image includes when the traveling mode of the vehicle is the low speed traveling mode, changing resolution of the image to be higher than that in the case where the traveling mode of the vehicle is the high speed traveling mode.

15. The display method of claim 10, wherein the displaying of the image includes when the traveling mode of the vehicle is the low speed traveling mode, varying projection distances of a plurality of images displayed on the screen of the vehicle for each image.

16. The display method of claim 10, wherein the displaying of the image includes when the traveling mode of the vehicle is the low speed traveling mode, varying magnifications of a plurality of images displayed on the screen of the vehicle for each image.