Vehicle display system and method of controlling vehicle display system
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Torii, Noeru Sato, Ryuichi Sumikawa
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A vehicle display system includes a display device, a position acquiring unit, and a display controller. The display device is configured to provide a display on a window of a vehicle. The position acquiring unit is configured to acquire a position of a target person present outside the vehicle. The display controller is configured to control the display device to invert the display to be provided for the target person, on the basis of the position of the target person.
Claims12
A vehicle display system comprising:
- a display device configured to display on a window of a vehicle a first image and a second image which is an inverted image of the first image;
- a position acquiring unit configured to acquire a position of a target person present outside the vehicle;
- and
- a display controller configured to control the display device to alternately display the first image and the second image on the window based on the position of the target person,
- wherein the display controller stops displaying the one of the first image and the second image based on determining that the target person is aware of the vehicle.
A method of controlling a vehicle display system displaying an image on a window of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- acquiring a position of a target person present outside a vehicle;
- alternately displaying a first image and a second image on the window based on the position of the target person, the second image being an inverted image of the first image;
- and
- stopping displaying the one of the first image and the second image based on determining that the target person is aware of the vehicle.
A vehicle display system comprising:
- a display device configured to display on a window of a vehicle a first image and a second image which is an inverted image of the first image;
- and
- circuitry configured to
- acquire a position of a target person present outside the vehicle,
- control the display device to alternately display the first image and the second image on the window based on the position of the target person, and
- control the display device to stop displaying the one of the first image and the second image based on determining that 1) the target person is aware of the vehicle and 2) a distance between the position of the target person and a position of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.