IP Library Granted Patent US 9,939,637
Granted Patent B2
US 9,939,637 · App. 15/214,655 · Granted Apr 10, 2018

Virtual image display device, head-up display system, and vehicle

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Patent No.
US 9,939,637
App. No.
15/214,655
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a virtual image display device, a head-up display system and a vehicle which further improve convenience. The virtual image display device according to the present disclosure includes: a display device which outputs a parallax image forming a left eye virtual image and a right eye virtual image, the parallax image having a plurality of regions whose parallax amounts of the left eye virtual image and the right eye virtual image are different; an optical system which displays a virtual image based on the parallax image; and a controller which changes a partition of the plurality of regions of the parallax image according to a situation.

Claims (12)

1. A virtual image display device comprising:

a display device which outputs a parallax image forming a left eye virtual image and a right eye virtual image, the parallax image having a plurality of regions whose parallax amounts of the left eye virtual image and the right eye virtual image are different;

an optical system which displays a virtual image based on the parallax image; and

a controller which changes a partition of the plurality of regions of the parallax image depending on a situation.

2. The virtual image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a detector which detects a front object,

wherein the controller changes the partition of the plurality of regions depending on a distance to the front object.

3. The virtual image display device according to claim 2 , wherein the parallax image is information related to the distance.

4. The virtual image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a detector which detects a front object,

wherein the controller changes the partition of the plurality of regions depending on a size of the front object.

5. The virtual image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller partitions an area of the parallax image having a substantially same parallax amount into a first region and a second region according to the situation.

6. A head-up display system comprising the virtual display device according to claim 1 .

7. The head-up display system according to claim 6 , wherein the head-up display system is mounted on a vehicle.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0132 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2016
From: KASANO, MASAHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039286/0873 →