VEHICULAR DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20160193921A1
• Filed: 04/14/2014
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Takamitsu
• Granted Patent: US 9,845,010 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/176 Camera images
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/177 Augmented reality
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/23 Head-up displays [HUD] optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/24 in front of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/307 virtually distinguishing relevant parts of a scene from the background of the scene
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes

Abstract

A vehicular display device includes: an information screen display device that displays an information screen on a display unit when a vehicle stops; a gazing point position identifying device that identifies a position of a driver'"'"'s gazing point; a gazing point position determining device that determines whether a gazing point position is disposed on the display unit; a monitoring device that starts monitoring of a peripheral situation of the vehicle when the gazing point position is disposed on the display unit; a startable state determining device that determines whether the vehicle is in a startable state, based on the peripheral situation; a situation screen display device that displays a situation screen on a rear side of the information screen in a superimposed manner when the vehicle is in the startable state; and a transparentizing device that transparentizes the information screen.

Claims

1. A vehicular display device comprising:

an information screen display device that displays an information screen on a display unit under a condition that a vehicle is in a stop state;

a gazing point position identifying device that identifies a position of a driver'"'"'s gazing point as a gazing point position;

a gazing point position determining device that determines whether the gazing point position identified by the gazing point position identifying device is disposed on the display unit;

a monitoring device that starts monitoring of a peripheral situation of the vehicle when the gazing point position determining device determines that the gazing point position is disposed on the display unit;

a startable state determining device that determines whether the vehicle is in a startable state, based on the peripheral situation monitored by the monitoring device;

a situation screen display device that displays a situation screen indicative of the peripheral situation of the vehicle on a rear side of the information screen displayed by the information screen display device in a superimposed manner when the startable state determining device determines that the vehicle is in the startable state; and

a transparentizing device that transparentizes the information screen.

2. The vehicular display device according to claim 1, wherein:

the transparentizing device gradually transparentizes the information screen over a predetermined time period.

3. The vehicular display device according to claim 1, wherein:

the situation screen display device emphasizes an object to be noted which is included in the situation screen.

4. The vehicular display device according to claim 1, wherein:

the startable state determining device determines whether the vehicle is in the startable state, based on a situation in front of the vehicle monitored by the monitoring device.

5. The vehicular display device according to claim 1, wherein:

the situation screen display device displays the situation screen indicative of a situation in front of the vehicle.