Vehicle display device
A vehicle display device that includes: a display part having a plurality of display faces that display information and that are provided at at least one location among a front face, a rear face, an upper face or a side face inside a vehicle cabin; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face.
1. A vehicle display device, comprising:
a display part having a plurality of display faces that display information and that are provided at at least one location among a front face, a rear face, an upper face or a side face inside a vehicle cabin;
a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and
a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face.
2. The vehicle display device of claim 1 , wherein:
the display part is capable of expanding and contracting information displayed at the display face; and
the control part effects control such that information displayed at the display face is expanded or contracted in accordance with a distance between the selected display face and a head region of the occupant.
3. The vehicle display device of claim 1 , wherein the display part includes a projector that is capable of changing at least one of a projection direction, or a magnification ratio of information displayed at the display face, in accordance with the selected display face.
4. The vehicle display device of claim 1 , further comprising, inside the vehicle cabin:
a housing part formed to be capable of accommodating the display part; and
a motion part that moves the display part toward an outer side or an inner side of the housing part,
wherein the control part moves the display face toward an outer side of the housing part in a case in which the display face of the display part accommodated in the housing part have been selected.
5. The vehicle display device of claim 4 , wherein the display part, the housing part and the motion part are provided at a door trim.
6. The vehicle display device of claim 1 , wherein the detection part comprises at least one of a direction sensor that detects the orientation of the occupant, an incline sensor that detects an angle of inclination of an upper body of the occupant relative to a vehicle front-rear direction, a sight line sensor that detects a sight line direction of the occupant, or a pressure sensor that detects the posture of the occupant.
7. The vehicle display device of claim 4 , wherein the housing part includes at least one of an instrument panel, an upper back panel or an arm rest.