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In-vehicle display device

US8049609B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 2009
Grant dateNov 1, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0138
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An in-vehicle display device includes (a) a display unit provided on a surface of an instrument panel of a vehicle, opposed to a windshield of the vehicle, and configured to indicate a plurality of information dots V in a row or in a rectangular array on the windshield such that the necessary information dots are selectably displayed from among the plurality of the information dots and superposed upon a real image viewed through the windshield, (b) a target information acquisition unit that obtains target information of which a driver of the vehicle is to be notified, and (c) a display control unit that controls the display unit and makes the display unit indicate the predetermined information dots V that correspond to the target information that has been obtained by the target information acquisition unit.

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