IP Library Patent Application 17947879
Patent Application
App. No. 17/947,879

DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND VEHICLE

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App. No.
17/947,879
Abstract

A display device, a display method, and a vehicle are disclosed. The device includes: a transmissive display that is provided to a moving body; and a display controller that changes transparency of the transmissive display based on traveling information on traveling of the moving body.

Claims (25)

1 . A display device, comprising:

a transmissive display that is provided to a moving body; and

a display controller that changes transparency of the transmissive display based on traveling information on traveling of the moving body.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device changes the transparency based on the traveling information indicating a speed of the moving body.

3 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the display device reduces the transparency as the speed increases.

4 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the display device increases the transparency as the speed reduces.

5 . The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the display device changes the transparency in phases in accordance with change in the speed.

6 . The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the display device changes the transparency continuously in accordance with change in the speed.

7 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the display device configures the transparency when the moving body is stopped to be higher than the transparency when the moving body is traveling.

8 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device changes the transparency based on the traveling information indicating a position of the moving body.

9 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the display device configures the transparency when the moving body enters a predetermined location to be different from the transparency before the moving body enters the predetermined location.

10 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device changes the transparency based on the traveling information indicating weather around the moving body.

11 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device changes the transparency based on the traveling information indicating time of day the moving body is moving.

12 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device changes the transparency based on the traveling information broadcasting to a user.

13 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device changes the transparency based on the traveling information indicating an attribute of a user.

14 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device changes the transparency based on the traveling information indicating an attribute of a pedestrian.

15 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device changes the transparency of a partial area of an entirety of the transmissive display based on the traveling information.

16 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device further comprises a display information display for displaying display information so as to be superimposed on the transmissive display, and changes the display information on the display information display as well as the transparency based on the traveling information.

17 . The display device according to claim 16 , wherein the display information display changes, as well as the transparency, an AR image to an MR image, an MR image to an AR image, an MR image to a VR image, a VR image to an MR image, a VR image to an AR image, or an AR image to a VR image.

18 . The display device according to claim 16 , wherein the display information display changes the transparency so that scenery through the transmissive display is easy to be seen, or changes the transparency so that scenery through the transmissive display is difficult to be seen.

19 . A vehicle comprising the display device according to claim 1 .

20 . A display method, comprising:

inputting traveling information on traveling of a moving body;

changing transparency of a transmissive display provided to the moving body based on the inputted traveling information; and

displaying, based on the inputted traveling information, display information so as to be superimposed on the transmissive display, the transparency of which is changed.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0745 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2022
From: HOMMA, HAJIME; HINATA, MAKOTO; ANEZAKI, MASAHIRO; YAGINUMA, HIROTADA; KAWAE, AYANO; HIROSAWA, CHIE; PIAO, XIANGMEI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062177/0415 →