VEHICLE-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE
First Claim
1. A vehicle-mountable display device comprising:
- an image display unit configured to be mounted to a position of an inner rearview mirror in a cabin of a vehicle, the image display unit includingan image display capable of displaying an image captured by an imaging unit mounted in the vehicle, anda half mirror disposed on a front surface of the image display;
a driving unit for driving the image display unit; and
an orientation controller for controlling the driving unit to control an orientation of the image display unit,wherein the orientation controller is configured to;
turn the orientation of the image display unit into a rearview-mirror-mode orientation when the image display unit operates at a rearview mirror mode in which the half-mirror is used as a rearview mirror; and
turn the orientation of the image display unit into a display-mode orientation different from the rearview-mirror-mode orientation when the image display unit operates at a display mode in which the image display displays the captured image, andwherein a normal line of the half mirror at the display-mode orientation is closer to a driver than the normal line of the half mirror at the rearview-mirror-mode orientation.
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Abstract
A vehicle-mountable display device includes an image display unit configured to be mounted to a position of an inner rearview mirror in a cabin of a vehicle, a driving unit for driving the image display unit, and an orientation controller for controlling the driving unit to control an orientation of the image display unit. The orientation controller is configured to turn the orientation of the image display unit into a rearview-mirror-mode orientation when the image display unit operates at a rearview mirror mode in which the half-mirror is used as a rearview mirror. The orientation controller is configured to turn the orientation of the image display unit into a display-mode orientation different from the rearview-mirror-mode orientation when the image display unit operates at a display mode in which the image display displays the captured image. A normal line of the half mirror at the display-mode orientation is closer to a driver than the normal line of the half mirror at the rearview-mirror-mode orientation. The vehicle-mountable display device improves visibility of the image display for a driver.
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle-mountable display device comprising:
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an image display unit configured to be mounted to a position of an inner rearview mirror in a cabin of a vehicle, the image display unit including an image display capable of displaying an image captured by an imaging unit mounted in the vehicle, and a half mirror disposed on a front surface of the image display; a driving unit for driving the image display unit; and an orientation controller for controlling the driving unit to control an orientation of the image display unit, wherein the orientation controller is configured to; turn the orientation of the image display unit into a rearview-mirror-mode orientation when the image display unit operates at a rearview mirror mode in which the half-mirror is used as a rearview mirror; and turn the orientation of the image display unit into a display-mode orientation different from the rearview-mirror-mode orientation when the image display unit operates at a display mode in which the image display displays the captured image, and wherein a normal line of the half mirror at the display-mode orientation is closer to a driver than the normal line of the half mirror at the rearview-mirror-mode orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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