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US 12,434,618 B2Granted
Image projection apparatus
AssigneeMaxell, Ltd.
InventorsYasuhiko Kunii, Nobuyuki Kaku, Masahiro Kishigami, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Megumi Kurachi, Takuya Shimizu
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Abstract
Based on information about a vehicle, the information can be projected and displayed onto a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus, which projects an image, includes an acquisition unit that acquires the information about the vehicle, and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit.
Claims12
An image projection apparatus comprising:
- a receiver that acquires information about a vehicle;
- and
- an image projector that is capable of projecting an image based on the information acquired by the receiver,
- wherein, when the vehicle traveling on a road including a plurality of lanes extending in a same direction changes from a currently traveling lane among the plurality of lanes to another lane among the plurality of lanes, the image projector projects the image onto a region including the another lane that is adjacent to the currently traveling lane that the vehicle is traveling, and
- wherein the image projector continues projecting the image during a predetermined time period or more even if a blinker of the vehicle is turned off.
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A method of projecting an image comprising:
- acquiring information about a vehicle;
- and
- in response to the vehicle traveling on a road including a plurality of lanes extending in a same direction changes from a currently traveling lane among the plurality of lanes to another lane among the plurality of lanes, projecting an image based on the acquired information onto a region including the another lane adjacent to the currently traveling lane that the vehicle is traveling,
- wherein the projecting continues projecting the image at a predetermined time period or more even if a blinker of the vehicle is turned off.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.