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Vehicular display apparatus

  • US 8,649,965 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2012
  • Issued: 02/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicular display apparatus in a host vehicle, the vehicular display apparatus comprising:

  • a display portion having a ring-shaped display area that represents a presence of a different vehicle that is distant from the host vehicle;

    a direction specification processor to specify a direction indicating presence of the different vehicle with reference to the host vehicle based on position information about the host vehicle and the different vehicle;

    a distance specification processor to specify a distance between the different vehicle and the host vehicle based on the position information about the host vehicle and the different vehicle; and

    a display control processor to display a displayed part of the ring-shaped display area, the displayed part having a center that is fixed based on the direction specified by the direction specification processor, the displayed part having a length that is fixed based on the distance specified by the distance specification processor such that the length increases as the distance between the different vehicle and the host vehicle decreases.

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