Information provision device, information provision method, and recording medium storing information provision program for a vehicle display
An information provision device, information provision method, and a non-transitory recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the information provision method. Each of the information provision device and the information provision method includes projecting an image light to a light transmission member to display a for-driver information image indicating for-driver information to be provided to a driver of a mobile object in a prescribed display area, and displaying at a first point where a normal for-driver information image is displayed a priority for-driver information image in place of the normal for-driver information image, where the displaying includes displaying the normal for-driver information image at a second point different from the first point for at least some of a period during which the priority for-driver information image is displayed at the first point.
1. An image display apparatus, comprising:
a display to display current speed information of a mobile object in a first horizontal region in such a manner that the current speed information is visible to a driver via a light transmission member through which the driver is able to visually check outside of the mobile object; and
processing circuitry configured to control the display to display, only in the first horizontal region, road-specific information, including road-identifying information identifying a current road on which the mobile object is travelling, and a current speed limit for the road, together with the current speed information,
wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to display first passive information in a second horizontal region immediately above the displayed current speed information displayed in the first horizontal region, wherein the first passive information includes following distance information and is other than a location on a route or a route map, and other than a route map or route map information, and is used by the driver to drive the mobile object, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to display the following-distance information only in the second horizontal region, between the first horizontal region and a third horizontal region, and
wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to display second passive information on an upper side of the second horizontal region in the third horizontal region immediately above the second horizontal region, the second passive information including an item of information that is to be used by the driver later than the first passive information to drive the mobile object displayed in the second horizontal region.
2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to display the first passive information, which is security information for driving.
3. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to display security information for driving, including an alert about braking.
4. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a projector configured to project the current speed information and the first and second passive information to the light transmission member,
wherein the current speed information and the first and second passive information are visually recognized by the driver as if the current speed information and the first and second passive information are displayed ahead of the light transmission member.
5. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to present the first passive information to the driver at a prescribed timing.
6. The image display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to always display the first passive information immediately above the first horizontal region in which the current speed information is displayed such that no information is displayed between the current speed information and the first passive information in a vertical direction of the display.
7. A mobile object, comprising:
a light transmission member through which a driver is able to visually check outside of the mobile object;
a display configured to display current speed information of the mobile object in a first horizontal region in such a manner that the current speed information is visible to the driver via the light transmission member; and
processing circuitry configured to control the display to display, only in the first horizontal region, road-specific information, including road-identifying information identifying a current road on which the mobile object is travelling, and a current speed limit for the road, together with the current speed information,
wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to display first passive information in a second horizontal region immediately above the displayed current speed information displayed in the first horizontal region, wherein the first passive information includes following distance information and is other than a location on a route or a route map, and other than a route map or route map information, and is used by the driver to drive the mobile object, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to display the following-distance information only in the second horizontal region, between the first horizontal region and a third horizontal region, and
wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to display second passive information on an upper side of the second horizontal region in a third horizontal region immediately above the second horizontal region, the second passive information including an item of information that is to be used by the driver later than the first passive information to drive the mobile object displayed in the second horizontal region.
8. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
displaying current speed information of a mobile object in a first horizontal region in such a manner that the current speed information is visible to a driver via a light transmission member through which the driver is able to visually check outside of the mobile object;
displaying, only in the first horizontal region, road-specific information, including road-identifying information identifying a current road on which the mobile object is travelling, and a current speed limit for the road, together with the current speed information;
displaying first passive information in a second horizontal region immediately above the displayed current speed information displayed in the first horizontal region, wherein the first passive information includes following distance information and is other than a location on a route or a route map, and other than a route map or route map information, and is to be used by the driver to drive the mobile object, the method further comprising displaying the following-distance information only in the second horizontal region, between the first horizontal region and a third horizontal region, and
displaying second passive information on an upper side of the second horizontal region in the third horizontal region immediately above the second horizontal region, the second passive information including an item of information that is to be used by the driver later than the first passive information to drive the mobile object displayed in the second horizontal region.
9. A method of displaying an image, the method comprising:
displaying current speed information of a mobile object in a first horizontal region in such a manner that the current speed information becomes visible to a driver through a light transmission member through which the driver is able to visually check outside of the mobile object;
displaying, only in the first horizontal region, road-specific information, including road-identifying information identifying a current road on which the mobile object is travelling, and a current speed limit for the road, together with the current speed information;
displaying first passive information on an upper side of the speed information in a second horizontal region immediately above the displayed current speed information displayed in the first horizontal region, wherein the first passive information includes following distance information and is other than a location on a route or a route map and other than a route map or route map information, and is used by the driver to drive the mobile object, wherein the method further comprises displaying the following-distance information only in the second horizontal region, between the first horizontal region and third horizontal region, and
displaying second passive information on an upper side of the second horizontal region in the third horizontal region immediately above the second horizontal region, the second passive information including an item of information that is to be used by the driver later than the first passive information to drive the mobile object displayed in the second horizontal region.