IP Library Granted Patent US 10,802,631
Granted Patent B2
US 10,802,631 · App. 16/314,804 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Display control device, moving body display device, and display control method for determining illuminance value of the display screen

Inventor: Eishi Oda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
G06F3/0412B60K35/00G06F3/04897G09G3/3406G09G5/00G09G5/10G09G5/36G09G2360/144
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Patent No.
US 10,802,631
App. No.
16/314,804
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control device according to the present invention includes an illuminance value obtaining unit for obtaining an illuminance value of a display screen, a display image controlling unit for controlling a display image on the display screen on the basis of the illuminance value obtained, a distance determining unit for determining whether a distance between an object present around the display screen and the display screen is equal to or shorter than a threshold, and an illuminance value obtaining method determining unit for causing the illuminance value obtaining unit to apply a first obtaining method of the illuminance value when it is determined that the distance is not equal to or shorter than the threshold and causing the illuminance value obtaining unit to apply a second obtaining method of the illuminance value when it is determined that the distance is equal to or shorter than the threshold.

Claims (29)

1. A display control device comprising:

a processor to execute a program; and

a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, performs processes of,

obtaining an illuminance value of a display screen;

controlling a display image on the display screen on a basis of the illuminance value obtained;

determining whether a measured distance between an object present around the display screen and the display screen is equal to or shorter than a threshold determined in advance;

causing a first obtaining method of the illuminance value to be applied in obtaining the illuminance value when it is determined that the distance is not equal to or shorter than the threshold and causing a second obtaining method of the illuminance value to be applied in obtaining the illuminance value when it is determined that the distance is equal to or shorter than the threshold;

determining a determined display image to be displayed on the display screen by adjusting luminance of the display image based on the obtained illuminance value;

when it is determined that the distance is equal to or shorter than the threshold, setting a first transition time to control the display image on the display screen to transition to the determined display image longer than a second transition time to control the display image on the display screen to transition to the determined display image when it is determined that the distance is not equal to or shorter than the threshold; and

wherein the second transition time is greater than zero.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first obtaining method sets a value calculated with illuminance measuring sensitivity determined in advance as the illuminance value, and

the second obtaining method applies at least one of:

setting a value calculated with illuminance measuring sensitivity determined in advance higher than the illuminance measuring sensitivity in the first obtaining method as the illuminance value, and

setting a value obtained by adding an offset to the value calculated by the first obtaining method as the illuminance value.

3. A moving body display device comprising:

the display control device according to claim 1 ; and

a display to output an image signal input from the display control device.

4. A moving body display device comprising:

the display control device according to claim 2 ; and

a display to output an image signal input from the display control device.

5. A display control method comprising:

obtaining an illuminance value of a display screen;

controlling a display image on the display screen on a basis of the illuminance value obtained;

determining whether a measured distance between an object present around the display screen and the display screen is equal to or shorter than a threshold determined in advance;

causing a first obtaining method of the illuminance value to be applied in obtaining the illuminance value when it is determined that the distance is not equal to or shorter than the threshold and causing a second obtaining method of the illuminance value to be applied in obtaining the illuminance value when it is determined that the distance is equal to or shorter than the threshold;

determining a determined display image to be displayed on the display screen by adjusting luminance of the display image based on the obtained illuminance value;

when it is determined that the distance is equal to or shorter than the threshold, setting a first transition time to control the display image on the display screen to transition to the determined display image longer than a second transition time to control the display image on the display screen to transition to the determined display image when it is determined that the distance is not equal to or shorter than the threshold; and

wherein the second transition time is greater than zero.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2019
From: ODA, EISHI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047894/0957 →