Display control method and display control device for vehicle
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1. A display control method for a vehicle having a front pillar, the method comprising:
- obtaining, from a camera, an image of a region about the vehicle, the region including a driver'"'"'s blind spot caused by the front pillar of the vehicle;
extracting, from the obtained image, an image of the driver'"'"'s blind spot in a shape of a curved display that is provided along a curved interior surface of the front pillar; and
causing the curved display to display the extracted image,wherein, when a door of the vehicle is in an open state, the obtaining, the extracting and the causing the curved display to display the extracted image are not performed.
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Abstract
A display control method is provided for a vehicle having a front pillar. An image of a region about the vehicle is obtained from a camera. The region includes a driver'"'"'s blind spot caused by the front pillar of the vehicle. From the obtained image, an image of the driver'"'"'s blind spot is extracted in a shape of a curved display provided along a curved interior surface of the front pillar. The curved display is caused to display the extracted image.
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1. A display control method for a vehicle having a front pillar, the method comprising:
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obtaining, from a camera, an image of a region about the vehicle, the region including a driver'"'"'s blind spot caused by the front pillar of the vehicle; extracting, from the obtained image, an image of the driver'"'"'s blind spot in a shape of a curved display that is provided along a curved interior surface of the front pillar; and causing the curved display to display the extracted image, wherein, when a door of the vehicle is in an open state, the obtaining, the extracting and the causing the curved display to display the extracted image are not performed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 7, 11, 12, 13)
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3. A display control method for a vehicle having a front pillar, the method comprising:
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obtaining, from a camera, an image of a region about the vehicle, the region including a driver'"'"'s blind spot caused by the front pillar of the vehicle; extracting, from the obtained image, an image of the driver'"'"'s blind spot in a rectangular shape of a curved display that is provided along a curved interior surface of the front pillar; and causing the curved display to display the extracted image, wherein the extracting includes cutting out, from the obtained image, a rectangular area corresponding to the rectangular shape of the curved display, the obtained image has a rectangular shape, and a side of the rectangular area is inclined at an acute angle with respect to a side of the rectangular shape of the obtained image. - View Dependent Claims (4, 6, 14)
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5. A display control method for a vehicle having a front pillar, the method comprising:
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obtaining, from a camera, an image of a region about the vehicle, the region including a driver'"'"'s blind spot caused by the front pillar of the vehicle; extracting, from the obtained image, an image of the driver'"'"'s blind spot in a shape of a curved display that is provided along a curved interior surface of the front pillar; superimposing a predetermined image to attract a driver'"'"'s attention on the extracted image; and causing the curved display to display the extracted image together with the predetermined image. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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8. A display control device for a vehicle comprising:
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a processor that obtains, from a camera, an image of a region about the vehicle, the region including a driver'"'"'s blind spot caused by a front pillar of the vehicle, and extracts, from the obtained image, an image of the driver'"'"'s blind spot in a shape of a curved display that is provided along a curved interior surface of the front pillar; and a controller that causes the curved display to display the extracted image, wherein, when a door of the vehicle is in an open state, the processor does not perform obtainment of the image of the region and extraction of the image of the driver'"'"'s blind spot, and the controller causes the curved display to display no image of the driver'"'"'s blind spot. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 21, 24)
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9. A display control device for a vehicle comprising:
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a processor that obtains, from a camera, an image of a region about the vehicle, the region including a driver'"'"'s blind spot caused by a front pillar of the vehicle, and extracts, from the obtained image, an image of the driver'"'"'s blind spot in a rectangular shape of a curved display that is provided along a curved interior surface of the front pillar; and a controller that causes the curved display to display the extracted image, wherein the processor, in the extraction of the image of the driver'"'"'s blind spot, cuts out, from the obtained image, a rectangular area corresponding to the rectangular shape of the curved display, the obtained image has a rectangular shape, and a side of the rectangular area is inclined at an acute angle with respect to a side of the rectangular shape of the obtained image. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 22, 25)
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10. A display control device for a vehicle comprising:
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a processor that obtains, from a camera, an image of a region about the vehicle, the region including a driver'"'"'s blind spot caused by a front pillar of the vehicle, extracts, from the obtained image, an image of the driver'"'"'s blind spot in a shape of a curved display that is provided along a curved interior surface of the front pillar, and superimposes a predetermined image to attract a driver'"'"'s attention on the extracted image; and a controller that causes the curved display to display the extracted image together with the predetermined image. - View Dependent Claims (23, 26)
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