IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20190155024A1
• Filed: 01/06/2017
• Published: 05/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Tsutsumi, Yojiro
• Granted Patent: US 10,642,033 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1464 3D-gesture
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/166 Navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/167 Vehicle dynamics information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/169 Remaining operating distance or charge
• 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 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• 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: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0181 Adaptation to the pilot/driver
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0101 characterised by optical features G02B27/0172 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

An image display device includes an acquisition unit that acquires two or more types of information, a detection unit that detects at least one of an acceleration, an orientation, and an angular velocity of the image display device, an image change section that determines a state of the image display device on the basis of a detection result of the detection unit, switches information, which is to be selected from the two or more types of information acquired by the acquisition unit, in accordance with the determined state of the image display device, and generates display data based on the switched information, and a display unit that displays the display data.

Claims

1. An image display device comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire two or more types of information;

a detection unit configured to detect at least one of an acceleration, an orientation, and an angular velocity of the image display device;

an image change section configured to determine a state of the image display device on the basis of a detection result of the detection unit, switch information, which is to be selected from the two or more types of information acquired by the acquisition unit, in accordance with the determined state of the image display device, and generate display data based on the switched information; and

a display unit configured to display the display data,

wherein the image change section generates additional information when the image display device performs a reciprocal operation between a reference posture and an out-of-reference posture, in a predetermined time.

2. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein, on the basis of the detection result of the detection unit, the image change section determines the state of the image display device regarding at least one of up and down, right and left, and oblique directions with respect to a reference state of the image display device.

4. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is information corresponding to a situation in which the image display device is used.

5. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein, when a user of the image display device is boarding a vehicle, the acquisition unit acquires information on the vehicle from the vehicle, and the additional information is the information on the vehicle.

7. The image display device according to claim 4, wherein, when a user of the image display device is boarding a vehicle, the acquisition unit acquires information on the vehicle from the vehicle, and the additional information is the information on the vehicle.

3. (canceled)

6. An image display method of an image display device, comprising:

an acquisition step of acquiring two or more types of information;

a detection step of detecting at least one of an acceleration, an orientation, and an angular velocity of the image display device;

an image change step of determining a state of the image display device on the basis of a detection result in the detection step, switching information, which is to be selected from the two or more types of information acquired in the acquisition step, in accordance with the determined state of the image display device, and generating display data based on the switched information; and

a display step of displaying the display data,

wherein, in the image change step, additional information is generated when the image display device performs a reciprocal operation between a reference posture and an out-of-reference posture, in a predetermined time.