VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE
First Claim
1. A vehicle display device, comprising:
- a viewpoint position acquisition unit that acquires a position of a viewpoint of a user sitting in a driver seat of a vehicle;
a forward information acquisition unit that acquires forward information that is information on a forward direction of the vehicle;
an image generation unit that generates an image reflecting the forward information included in a predetermined area of the forward information acquired by the forward information acquisition unit;
an image display unit having a display surface capable of displaying the image generated by the image generation unit, anda projection unit that projects the image toward a translucent member of the vehicle so that the user sitting in the driver seat is allowed to visually recognize a virtual image by reflecting the image displayed on the display surface by the translucent member of the vehicle,wherein the image generation unit determines a position and a size of displaying a first image element among the image elements included in the generated image on the display surface in accordance with the viewpoint position of the user in a vertical direction acquired by the viewpoint position acquisition unit.
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Abstract
A vehicle display device includes: a viewpoint position acquisition unit acquiring a user viewpoint position of a user seated in a driver seat of a vehicle; a forward information acquisition unit acquiring forward information of the vehicle; an image generation unit generating an image obtained by reflecting the forward information included within a prescribed area among the forward information acquired by the forward information acquisition unit; an image display unit having a display surface capable of displaying the image generated; and a projection unit projecting the image toward a vehicle'"'"'s translucent member such that a virtual image is visible to the user. The image generation unit determines the position and the size of a first image element to be displayed, among image elements included in the generated image, on the display surface, according to the user viewpoint position in the vertical direction acquired by the viewpoint position acquisition unit.
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1. A vehicle display device, comprising:
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a viewpoint position acquisition unit that acquires a position of a viewpoint of a user sitting in a driver seat of a vehicle; a forward information acquisition unit that acquires forward information that is information on a forward direction of the vehicle; an image generation unit that generates an image reflecting the forward information included in a predetermined area of the forward information acquired by the forward information acquisition unit; an image display unit having a display surface capable of displaying the image generated by the image generation unit, and a projection unit that projects the image toward a translucent member of the vehicle so that the user sitting in the driver seat is allowed to visually recognize a virtual image by reflecting the image displayed on the display surface by the translucent member of the vehicle, wherein the image generation unit determines a position and a size of displaying a first image element among the image elements included in the generated image on the display surface in accordance with the viewpoint position of the user in a vertical direction acquired by the viewpoint position acquisition unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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