IP Library Granted Patent US 10,730,440
Granted Patent B2
US 10,730,440 · App. 15/987,677 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Display system, electronic mirror system, and moving body

Inventors: Norihiro Imamura (Osaka, JP); Shoji Soh (Osaka, JP); Katsuyuki Morita (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,730,440
App. No.
15/987,677
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display system includes a display surface and a display mirror. The display surface is configured to display image P 1 based on a captured image. The display mirror is configured to reflect, as reflection image P 2 , only a partial area in the image displayed on the display surface. The display system is configured so that a position of reflection image P 2 changes as a point of view of a subject viewing the display mirror moves.

Claims (20)

1. A display system comprising:

a display having a display surface configured to display an image based on a captured image output from a camera;

a concave mirror having a reflection surface configured to reflect, as a reflection image, only a part of the image displayed on the display surface, the reflection image being viewed as a virtual image on a virtual plane in a space away from a user,

wherein:

the size of the reflection surface is set such that a size of the virtual image on the virtual plane surrounds and is greater than a size of a predetermined visual field of the user, the predetermined visual field of the user being set according to the size of the reflection surface; and

a resolution of the image displayed on the display is greater than a resolution of the virtual image.

2. The display system according to claim 1 further comprising a mirror disposed on an optical path between the display surface and the concave mirror, the mirror being configured to reflect the image from the display surface to the concave mirror.

3. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the reflection image has a fewer number of pixels than a number of pixels in the image displayed on the display surface in both a lengthwise and a widthwise of the image displayed on the display surface.

4. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the only a number of pixels in one of a lengthwise and a widthwise direction of the reflection image is smaller than a number of pixels in the corresponding direction of the image displayed on the display surface.

5. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the display surface is configured to switch whether to display a guide pattern image to be used to adjust a position at which the reflection image is located.

6. An electronic mirror system comprising:

the display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the camera is configured to output the captured image to the display system.

7. The display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display system is configured so that a position of the reflection image changes as a point of view of the user viewing the display mirror moves, and

wherein, when the point of view of the user is within an area of an eye-box, the position of the reflection image is within the image displayed on the display surface.

8. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the display surface is smaller than the size of the reflection surface.

9. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein:

a part of the display surface corresponds to the predetermined visual field, and

a size of the part of the display surface is smaller than the size of the reflection surface.

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 066703/0177 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2018
From: IMAMURA, NORIHIRO; SOH, SHOJI; MORITA, KATSUYUKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046705/0649 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2017-108705 · May 31, 2017 · national
JP 2017-108706 · May 31, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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