Apparatus and method for displaying vehicle cluster
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsRin Choi, Sung Tae Cho, Young Hoon Kim
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Abstract
A displaying apparatus, includes a speed limit recognition unit configured to obtain a speed limit of a road on which the vehicle travels, and a speedometer display unit configured to display a visual bar varying according to a current speed of the vehicle on a background speed scale image and displaying a visual indicator for the speed limit at a corresponding position of the background speed scale image.
Claims19
A displaying apparatus for a vehicle, the displaying apparatus comprising:
- a speed limit recognition unit configured to obtain a speed limit of a road on which the vehicle travels;
- and
- a speedometer display unit configured to display a visual bar varying according to a current speed of the vehicle on a background speed scale image and display a visual indicator for the speed limit at a corresponding position of the background speed scale image.
A displaying method for a vehicle, the method including:
- a speed limit recognition step of obtaining, by a controller provided in the vehicle, a speed limit of a road on which the vehicle travels;
- and
- a speedometer display step of displaying, by the controller, a visual bar varying according to a current speed of the vehicle on a background speed scale image and displaying a visual indicator for the speed limit at a corresponding position of the background speed scale image.
The method of 13, wherein the visual bar includes a round bar.
The method of 10, further including a speed limit comparison step of comparing the speed limit obtained by a speed limit recognition unit with a previous speed limit previously displayed on a speedometer display unit to determine which to display
The method of 10, wherein the background speed scale image includes a circular scale, and a speedometer display unit is further configured to display the speed limit inside the circular scale.
The method of 10, further including a step of obtaining the image of the road sign by use of a camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.