Display apparatus and method for automotive vehicle
First Claim
1. A display apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a display disposed on a position of the vehicle placed in a proximity to a dashboard surface of the vehicle; and
a controller, in response to a detection of a state of the vehicle which satisfies a predetermined condition, to carry out a process to gradually reduce a brightness of an image screen of the display toward a predetermined direction which is more distant from a direction of a line of sight of a vehicular driver when the vehicular driver gazes a vehicular forward direction.
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Abstract
In display apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, a display (2) is disposed on a position of the vehicle placed in a proximity to a dashboard surface of the vehicle and a controller (7), when a state of the vehicle which satisfies a predetermined condition is detected, executes a process to gradually reduce a brightness of an image screen of the display toward a predetermined direction which is more distant from a direction of a line of sight of a vehicular driver when the vehicular driver gazes a vehicular forward direction. In one embodiment, the controller gradually reduces the brightness of the image screen of the display toward the predetermined direction in a linear manner. The predetermined direction is, for example, directed from an upper end of the image screen to a lower end thereof.
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18 Claims
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1. A display apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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a display disposed on a position of the vehicle placed in a proximity to a dashboard surface of the vehicle; and
a controller, in response to a detection of a state of the vehicle which satisfies a predetermined condition, to carry out a process to gradually reduce a brightness of an image screen of the display toward a predetermined direction which is more distant from a direction of a line of sight of a vehicular driver when the vehicular driver gazes a vehicular forward direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A display apparatus for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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image display means disposed on a position of the vehicle placed in a proximity to a dashboard surface of the vehicle; and
controlling means, in response to a detection of a state of the vehicle which satisfies a predetermined condition, for gradually reducing a brightness of an image screen of the display toward a predetermined direction which is more distant from a direction of a line of sight of a vehicular driver when the vehicular driver gazes a vehicular forward direction.
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18. A display method for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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providing a display disposed on a position of the vehicle placed in a proximity to a dashboard surface of the vehicle;
detecting a state of the vehicle which satisfies a predetermined condition; and
gradually reducing a brightness of an image screen of the display toward a predetermined direction which is more distant from a direction of a line of sight of a vehicular driver when the vehicular driver gazes a vehicular forward direction.
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