Image display system
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorIchiro Yoshida
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Abstract
An image display system for use of a driver in a subject vehicle includes a look area detector for detecting a look area of the driver who watches a real leading vehicle on a transparent glass in a front of the driver and a control unit for controlling display of a transparent image on the transparent glass in the front of the driver for representing a virtual leading vehicle. When the look area detected by the look area detector overlaps at least a portion of the transparent image of the virtual leading vehicle displayed on the transparent glass, the control unit increases a degree of transparency of at least an overlapping portion of the transparent image of the virtual leading vehicle relative to a non-overlapping portion of the transparent image of the virtual leading vehicle.
Claims13
An image display system for use of a driver in a subject vehicle comprising:
- a look area detector for detecting a look area of the driver who watches a real leading vehicle through a transparent glass in front of the driver;
- a control unit for controlling a display of a transparent image on the transparent glass in front of the driver for representing a virtual leading vehicle;
- a position detector for detecting a current position of the subject vehicle;
- and
- a hot spot storage unit for storing information on a hot spot which the driver of the subject vehicle pays attention to;
- wherein
- when the look area detected by the look area detector overlaps at least a portion of the transparent image of the virtual leading vehicle displayed on the transparent glass, the control unit increases a degree of transparency of at least an overlapping portion of the transparent image of the virtual leading vehicle relative to a non-overlapping portion of the transparent image of the virtual leading vehicle;
- and
- the control unit begins control of the display of the transparent image of the virtual leading vehicle when a distance between the current position of the subject vehicle detected by the position detector and the hot spot stored in the hot spot storage unit becomes smaller than a first preset value;
- wherein
- an intensity of the real leading vehicle is not varied.
An image display system for use of a driver in a subject vehicle comprising:
- a look area detector for detecting a look area of the driver who watches a real leading vehicle through a transparent glass in front of the driver;
- and
- a control unit for controlling a display of a transparent image on the transparent glass in front of the driver for representing a virtual leading vehicle,
- wherein, when the look area detected by the look area detector overlaps a portion of the transparent image of the virtual leading vehicle displayed on the transparent glass, the control unit increases a degree of transparency of only an overlapping portion of the transparent image of the virtual leading vehicle relative to a non-overlapping portion of the transparent image of the virtual leading vehicle;
- and
- wherein an intensity of the real leading vehicle is not varied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.