INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING VEHICLE THEREFOR
First Claim
1. A method of providing information about an external vehicle on a head up display (HUD) of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving status information of the external vehicle from the external vehicle;
determining a distance between the vehicle and the external vehicle based on the status information of the external vehicle;
controlling the HUD to display an object corresponding to the external vehicle on a map image, when the determined distance is greater than or equal to a predetermined distance; and
controlling the HUD to display the object corresponding to the external vehicle to overlap with the external vehicle using an augmented reality technology, when the determined distance is less than the predetermined distance.
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Abstract
A method of providing information about a predetermined external vehicle on a transparent display of an information providing vehicle, the method including: acquiring status information of the external vehicle; determining a display mode for displaying an object corresponding to the external vehicle based on the acquired status information; and displaying the object corresponding to the external vehicle on the transparent display in the determined display mode, wherein the display mode may include an augmented reality mode displaying an image obtained by overlaying a virtual image on an actual image of the external vehicle that is observed through the transparent display, and a map mode displaying the object corresponding to the external vehicle after mapping the object to a map.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing information about an external vehicle on a head up display (HUD) of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving status information of the external vehicle from the external vehicle; determining a distance between the vehicle and the external vehicle based on the status information of the external vehicle; controlling the HUD to display an object corresponding to the external vehicle on a map image, when the determined distance is greater than or equal to a predetermined distance; and controlling the HUD to display the object corresponding to the external vehicle to overlap with the external vehicle using an augmented reality technology, when the determined distance is less than the predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for providing information about an external vehicle on a head up display (HUD), the apparatus comprising:
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a communication device configured to receive status information of the external vehicle from the external vehicle; and a processor configured to; determine a distance between the vehicle and the external vehicle based on the status information of the external vehicle; control the HUD to display an object corresponding to the external vehicle on a map image, when the determined distance is greater than or equal to a predetermined distance; and control the HUD to display the object corresponding to the external vehicle to overlap with the external vehicle using an augmented reality technology, when the determined distance is less than the predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device of a vehicle, causes the computing device to:
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receive status information of an external vehicle from the external vehicle; determine a distance between the vehicle and the external vehicle based on the status information of the external vehicle; control a head up display (HUD) to display an object corresponding to the external vehicle on a map image, when the determined distance is greater than or equal to a predetermined distance; and control the HUD to display the object corresponding to the external vehicle to overlap with the external vehicle using an augmented reality technology, when the determined distance is less than the predetermined distance.
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