Vehicle display device and vehicle including vehicle display device
A vehicle display device includes a first display unit disposed in front of and above a driver's seat and including a display screen configured to be deployed from an interior member into the vehicle cabin and be withdrawn from the vehicle cabin into an inside of the interior member, a drive unit configured to drive the display screen, and a control unit configured to control the first display unit and the drive unit. The control unit includes a driving status acquisition unit configured to acquire a driving status of a vehicle, a drive control unit configured to change a deployment amount of the display screen based on the acquired driving status, and a display control unit configured to cause the display screen to display a rear seat image captured by an in-vehicle camera for a rear seat to fit with the deployment amount of the display screen.
1. A vehicle display device, comprising:
a first display unit disposed in front of and above a driver's seat of a vehicle and including a display screen configured to be deployed from an interior member in a vehicle cabin of the vehicle into the vehicle cabin and be withdrawn from the vehicle cabin into an inside of the interior member;
a motor configured to drive the display screen of the first display unit; and
a processor configured to control the first display unit and the drive unit motor, wherein
the processor is configured to:
acquire a driving status of the vehicle,
change a deployment amount of the display screen into the vehicle cabin under control of the motor based on the acquired driving status, and
cause the display screen to display a rear seat image captured by an in-vehicle camera for a rear seat to fit with the deployment amount of the display screen, and
the processor is further configured to
acquire biometric information of an occupant in the rear seat in the vehicle cabin, and
in response to acquiring predetermined biometric information,
before the deployment amount of the display screen into the vehicle cabin is changed based on the acquired driving status, deploy the display screen by the deployment amount based on the driving status of the vehicle from a retracted state in which the first display unit is retracted inside the interior member, and
after the display screen is deployed, cause the display screen to display the rear seat image.
2. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processor is further configured to
acquire position information of the vehicle; and
change, based on the acquired position information of the vehicle, the deployment amount of the display screen within a predetermined range set in a country or a region where the vehicle is located.
3. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is further configured to set a first deployment amount of the display screen into the vehicle cabin when the acquired driving status is a traveling state to be smaller than (i) a second deployment amount of the display screen into the vehicle cabin when the acquired driving status is a temporarily stopped state or (ii) a third deployment amount of the display screen into the vehicle cabin when the acquired driving status is a stopped state.
4. The vehicle display device according to claim 3 , wherein
the processor is further configured to set the second deployment amount of the display screen into the vehicle cabin when the acquired driving status is the temporarily stopped state to be smaller than the third deployment amount of the display screen into the vehicle cabin when the acquired driving status is the stopped state.
5. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the predetermined biometric information is biometric information having a value exceeding a predetermined threshold set based on a type of the biometric information.
6. The vehicle display device according to claim 5 , wherein:
(i) the biometric information is a voice of the occupant in the rear seat, and
the predetermined biometric information is the voice of the occupant in the rear seat with a volume exceeding the predetermined threshold; or
(ii) the biometric information is a motion of the occupant in the rear seat, and
the predetermined biometric information is the motion of the occupant in the rear seat with a motion amount exceeding the predetermined threshold.
7. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is further configured to display the rear seat image in an area of the display screen, the area of the display screen being associated with a position of the occupant in the rear seat in the vehicle cabin.
8. The vehicle display device according to claim 7 , wherein
the processor is further configured to display support information, that supports an occupant in the driver's seat, side by side with the rear seat image while keeping the area of the display screen where the rear seat image is displayed.
9. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second display unit disposed in front of the rear seat, wherein
the processor is further configured to, in response to causing the first display unit to display the rear seat image, cause the second display unit to display a driver's seat image captured by a further in-vehicle camera for the driver's seat.
10. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is further configured to
detect a position of the occupant in the rear seat in the vehicle cabin,
identify a further in-vehicle camera that has captured an image of the occupant in the rear seat from among a plurality of in-vehicle cameras for the rear seat based on the detected position of the occupant, and
cause the display screen to display the image captured by the identified further in-vehicle camera.
11. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is further configured to
detect a position of the occupant in the rear seat in the vehicle cabin,
control drive of an actuator connected to the in-vehicle camera for the rear seat,
change an image capturing range of the in-vehicle camera by controlling the drive of the actuator to include the detected position of the occupant, and
cause the display screen to display the rear seat image captured by the in-vehicle camera for the rear seat.
12. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is further configured to
detect a position of the occupant in the rear seat in the vehicle cabin,
extract an image showing an area that is based on the detected position of the occupant from the rear seat image captured by the in-vehicle camera for the rear seat, and
cause the display screen to display the extracted image.
13. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first display unit includes an organic electroluminescence element and has a film shape.
14. A vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle cabin including a driver's seat and a rear seat;
a vehicle display device including
a first display unit disposed in front of and above the driver's seat and including a display screen configured to be deployed from an interior member in the vehicle cabin into the vehicle cabin and be withdrawn from the vehicle cabin into an inside of the interior member,
a motor configured to drive the display screen of the first display unit, and
a processor configured to control the first display unit and the motor; and
an in-vehicle camera for the rear seat, wherein
the processor of the vehicle display device is configured to
acquire a driving status of the vehicle,
change a deployment amount of the display screen into the vehicle cabin under control of the motor based on the acquired driving status, and
cause the display screen to display a rear seat image captured by the in-vehicle camera for the rear seat to fit with the deployment amount of the display screen, and
the processor is further configured to
acquire biometric information of an occupant in the rear seat in the vehicle cabin, and
in response to acquiring predetermined biometric information,
before the deployment amount of the display screen into the vehicle cabin is changed based on the acquired driving status, deploy the display screen by the deployment amount based on the driving status of the vehicle from a retracted state in which the first display unit is retracted inside the interior member, and
after the display screen is deployed, cause the display screen to display the rear seat image.
15. The vehicle according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a further in-vehicle camera for the driver's seat, wherein:
the vehicle display device includes a second display unit disposed in front of the rear seat; and
the processor is further configured to, in response to causing the first display unit to display the rear seat image, cause the second display unit to display a driver's seat image captured by the further in-vehicle camera for the driver's seat.
16. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is further configured to, in response to acquiring the predetermined biometric information, acquire the driving status of the vehicle.
17. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is further configured to determine the deployment amount to deploy the display screen of the first display unit within a range in which the display screen does not enter a range of a driver's effective field of view.
18. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to cause a part of the display screen to emit light at a luminous intensity, set by a driver, in an illumination mode.
19. The vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein
the processor is further configured to, in response to acquiring the predetermined biometric information, acquire the driving status of the vehicle.
20. The vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein
the processor is further configured to determine the deployment amount to deploy the display screen of the first display unit within a range in which the display screen does not enter a range of a driver's effective field of view.