Automobile screen control apparatus
First Claim
1. An automobile screen control apparatus for controlling the screen of a display which is mounted on an automobile to show various types of information, the apparatus comprising:
- means for predicting directional motion of a driver'"'"'s sight;
means for judging whether or not the display comes within the driver'"'"'s line of sight in response to the predicted directional motion of the driver'"'"'s sight; and
means for making the screen of the display inconspicuous when it is judged that the display comes within the driver'"'"'s line of sight.
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Abstract
A display (4) has its representation made by brightness of a backlight (7). A left flasher (SW 1) and a lighting (SW 3) supply on/off information to a dimming judgement unit (9). The dimming judgement unit (9) determines that when the lighting (SW 3) is turned on the environment is dark, and detects that a vehicle is going to make a left turn when the left flasher (SW 1) is turned on. It is further assumed according to the left turn of the vehicle that the driver'"'"'s line of sight is turned to the left, and luminance of the backlight (7) is lowered. It is thus possible to prevent driver annoyance with a bright display (4), even when the display (4) comes within the driver'"'"'s line of sight.
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14 Claims
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1. An automobile screen control apparatus for controlling the screen of a display which is mounted on an automobile to show various types of information, the apparatus comprising:
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means for predicting directional motion of a driver'"'"'s sight; means for judging whether or not the display comes within the driver'"'"'s line of sight in response to the predicted directional motion of the driver'"'"'s sight; and means for making the screen of the display inconspicuous when it is judged that the display comes within the driver'"'"'s line of sight. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for controlling the screen of the display which is mounted on a vehicle to show various types of information, comprising:
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brightness judging means for judging brightness of the environment, sight predicting means for predicting whether the display screen is within the driver'"'"'s sight, judging means for judging prominence of the display according to the judged result by said brightness judging means and the predicted result by said sight predicting means, and screen control means for making the screen of the display inconspicuous when it is determined by the judging means that the display is conspicuous and within the driver'"'"'s line of sight.
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