Vehicular heads-up display system
DCFirst Claim
1. A vehicle, comprising:
- a heads-up display system that generates a display in a field of view of an occupant of the vehicle when facing outward of the vehicle;
a control system coupled to said heads-up display system and that controls the content of the display being generated by said heads-up display system; and
an in-vehicle signage system containing information relevant to the road traveled by the vehicle,said control system being coupled to said in-vehicle signage system and arranged to control said heads-up display system to display the information from said in-vehicle signage system based on a location of the vehicle.
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Abstract
Vehicular heads-up display control techniques wherein content of a virtual display generated by the heads-up display system is controlled by actions of an occupant of the vehicle. The control device can be a voice-reception system which receives vocal commands from the occupant and/or a gesture-detection system which detects gestures by the occupant. One such gesture-detection system includes a camera having a field of view of hands or an upper body region of an occupant expected to exercise control of the heads-up display and a processor arranged to receive images from the camera, detect movement of a head, hand or arm of the occupant in one of predetermined number of areas and perform a function based on the detection of movement in the predetermined area. The function may be to alter the content of the heads-up display or adjustment of a vehicle component.
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33 Claims
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1. A vehicle, comprising:
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a heads-up display system that generates a display in a field of view of an occupant of the vehicle when facing outward of the vehicle; a control system coupled to said heads-up display system and that controls the content of the display being generated by said heads-up display system; and an in-vehicle signage system containing information relevant to the road traveled by the vehicle, said control system being coupled to said in-vehicle signage system and arranged to control said heads-up display system to display the information from said in-vehicle signage system based on a location of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for providing information to an occupant of a compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
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generating a display in a field of view of the occupant when facing outward of the vehicle; arranging a camera in the vehicle to obtain images of at least one of the hands of the occupant; detecting movement of the at least one of the occupant'"'"'s hands from the images obtained by the camera; and controlling the display to change content of the display based on the detected movement of the occupant'"'"'s hand to enable the information displayed on the display to be varied based on occupant movement. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A method for providing information to an occupant of a compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
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generating a display in a field of view of the occupant when facing outward of the vehicle; arranging a camera in the vehicle to obtain images of the occupant'"'"'s head; detecting movement of the occupant'"'"'s head from the images obtained by the camera; and controlling the display based on the detected movement of the occupant'"'"'s head to enable the information displayed on the display to be varied based on occupant movement, the step of detecting movement of the occupant comprises determining a direction in which the occupant'"'"'s face is pointed.
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