VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A vehicle display control apparatus mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
- a display control portion that controls a head-up display device displaying an image by superimposing the image on a view visible to a driver of the vehicle through a windshield of the vehicle; and
a condition determination portion that determines whether a condition under which the vehicle should slow down is satisfied,wherein;
the display control portion causes, based on a determination of the condition determination portion that the condition under which the vehicle should slow down is satisfied, the head-up display device to display an object that does not actually exist on a road under circumstances where the condition is satisfied, as an illusion image that produces an optical illusion appearing that a road surface viewed from the driver flows faster than an actual speed in an opposite direction to a travel direction by superimposing the illusion image on the view visible to the driver through the windshield.
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Abstract
A vehicle display control apparatus mounted on a vehicle includes a display control portion that controls a head-up display device displaying an image by superimposing the image on a view visible to a driver of the vehicle through a windshield of the vehicle, and a condition determination portion that determines whether a condition under which the vehicle should slow down is satisfied. The display control portion causes, based on a determination of the condition determination portion that the condition is satisfied, the head-up display device to display an object that does not actually exist on a road under circumstances where the condition is satisfied, as an illusion image that produces an optical illusion appearing that a road surface viewed from the driver flows faster than an actual speed in an opposite direction to a travel direction by superimposing the illusion image on the view.
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle display control apparatus mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
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a display control portion that controls a head-up display device displaying an image by superimposing the image on a view visible to a driver of the vehicle through a windshield of the vehicle; and a condition determination portion that determines whether a condition under which the vehicle should slow down is satisfied, wherein; the display control portion causes, based on a determination of the condition determination portion that the condition under which the vehicle should slow down is satisfied, the head-up display device to display an object that does not actually exist on a road under circumstances where the condition is satisfied, as an illusion image that produces an optical illusion appearing that a road surface viewed from the driver flows faster than an actual speed in an opposite direction to a travel direction by superimposing the illusion image on the view visible to the driver through the windshield. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
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13. A vehicle display control apparatus mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
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a display control portion that controls a head-up display device displaying an image by superimposing the image on a view visible to a driver of the vehicle through a windshield of the vehicle; and a condition determination portion that determines whether a condition under which the vehicle should slow down is satisfied, wherein; the display control portion causes, based on a determination of the condition determination portion that the condition under which the vehicle should slow down is satisfied, the head-up display device to display the illusion image appearing that a spacing among marks aligned intermittently in a travel direction and not actually exist on a road under circumstances where the condition is satisfied narrows gradually while the vehicle is moving forward by superimposing the illusion image on the view visible to the driver through the windshield. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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14. A vehicle display control apparatus mounted on a vehicle comprising:
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a display control portion that controls a head-up display device displaying an image by superimposing the image on a view visible to a driver of the vehicle through a windshield of the vehicle; and a condition determination portion that determines whether a condition under which the vehicle should speed up is satisfied, wherein; the display control portion causes, based a determination of the condition determination portion that the condition under which the vehicle should speed up is satisfied, the head-up display device to display the illusion image appearing that a spacing among marks aligned intermittently in a travel direction and not actually exist on a road under circumstances where the condition is satisfied widens gradually while the vehicle is moving forward by superimposing the illusion image on the view visible to the driver through the windshield. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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