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US 10,895,741 B2Granted
Ultra-wide head-up display system and display method thereof
AssigneeIndustrial Technology Research Institute
InventorsMing-Chieh Chou, Yi-Cheng Chen, Yao-Hui Lee, Kuo-Chih Wang, Yu-Chieh Hsiao
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Abstract
An ultra-wide head-up display system and a display method thereof are provided. An ultra-wide image displayed by the ultra-wide head up display system is divided into independent head-up display images, an information type of each of the head-up display images is dynamically switched according to a usage status of a vehicle, each of the head-up display images is displayed in a corresponding outer frame, and each of the outer frames is formed by a display region not displaying an image.
Claims27
An ultra-wide head-up display system, disposed in a vehicle and comprising:
- a display apparatus, comprising a head-up display having a display region for displaying an image;
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- a control apparatus, coupled to the display apparatus and controlling the display apparatus to display an ultra-wide image, wherein the ultra-wide image comprises at least one head-up display image, the control apparatus dynamically switches an information type displayed by each of the at least one head-up display image based on a usage status of the vehicle, each of the at least one head-up display image is displayed in a corresponding outer frame, each of the outer frame is formed by the display region not displaying an image, and a part of the image is replaced by the outer frame,
- wherein the control apparatus adjusts the number, a size, and a ratio of the at least one outer frame based on the usage status of the vehicle, and determines the information type displayed by each of the at least one head-up display image based on the usage status of the vehicle,
- wherein the control apparatus chooses at least one image from a plurality of image sources based on the usage status of the vehicle, combines the at least one chosen image to form a merged image, the control apparatus further extends the merged image along an extending direction of a short side of the merged image according to the number of the at least one chosen image, so as to reduce an aspect ratio of the merged image and generate a pre-distorted image, and the control apparatus controls the display apparatus to display the ultra-wide image based on the pre-distorted image, wherein each chosen image has a first aspect ratio, the merged image and the ultra-wide image have a second aspect ratio, and the second aspect ratio is larger than the first aspect ratio.
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A display method of an ultra-wide head-up display system, wherein the ultra-wide head-up display system comprises a display apparatus and is disposed in a vehicle, the display apparatus has a display region for displaying an image, and the display method comprises:
- determining a usage status of the vehicle;
- controlling the display apparatus to display an ultra-wide image based on the usage status of the vehicle, wherein the ultra-wide image comprises at least one head-up display image, an information type displayed by each of the at least one head-up display image is dynamically switched based on the usage status of the vehicle, each of the at least one head-up display image is displayed in a corresponding outer frame, each of the outer frame is formed by the display region not displaying an image, and a part of the image is replaced by the outer frame;
- adjusting the number, a size, and a ratio of the at least one outer frame based on the usage status of the vehicle, and determining the information type displayed by each of the at least one head-up display image based on the usage status of the vehicle;
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- choosing at least one image from a plurality of image sources based on the usage status of the vehicle, combining the at least one chosen image to form a merged image, extending the merged image along an extending direction of a short side of the merged image according to the number of the at least one chosen image, so as to reduce an aspect ratio of the merged image and generate a pre-distorted image, and controlling the display apparatus to display the ultra-wide image based on the pre-distorted image, wherein each chosen image has a first aspect ratio, the merged image and the ultra-wide image have a second aspect ratio, and the second aspect ratio is larger than the first aspect ratio.
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An ultra-wide head-up display system, disposed in a vehicle and comprising:
- a display apparatus, comprising a head-up display;
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- a control apparatus, coupled to the display apparatus and controlling the display apparatus to display an ultra-wide image and an augmented reality image, wherein the control apparatus dynamically switches an information type displayed by each of the at least one display head-up display image, each of the at least one display head-up display image is displayed in a corresponding outer frame, each of the outer frame is formed by a display region not displaying an image, the augmented reality image comprises at least one head-up display prompt image, the control apparatus adjusts a display position of the head-up display prompt image based on calculating a relationship among the driver's eye, the head-up display prompt image, global positioning system information, three-dimensional map information, and a position of an eye of a driver of the vehicle, such that the eye of the driver, the head-up display prompt image, and a prompt target form a straight line, and the prompt target is an object outside the vehicle, and the head-up display prompt image is placed on the head-up display to direct user's eyes to a search target which comprises the prompt target.
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