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. A controller device, comprising:
control circuitry configured to, while a mobile object is travelling on a road,
control a display to display a speed of the mobile object upon a visible light transmission member of the mobile object, and
control the display to display a repositionable direction mark relative to the speed of the mobile object upon the visible light transmission member at an upper position above the speed of the mobile object, the repositionable direction mark indicating a path to be taken by the mobile object, wherein
the visible light transmission member is configured to transmit light so that a driver of the mobile object sees an area of the road ahead of the mobile object while the driver is driving the mobile object on the road, and
the speed of the mobile object and the repositionable direction mark are displayed to the driver in a display area that overlaps a front line of sight of the driver of the area ahead of the mobile object while the driver is driving the mobile object on the road,
wherein the control circuitry is further configured to control the display to display the repositionable direction mark to change a position of the repositionable direction mark relative to the speed of the mobile object in a vertical direction,
wherein the upper position includes
a first position above the speed of the mobile object, and
a second position above the first position,
wherein the control circuitry is further configured to control the display to display the repositionable direction mark at the second position and then to display the repositionable direction mark at the first position,
wherein the control circuitry is further configured to control the display to display lane information indicating a traffic lane of the road to be taken by the mobile object at the first position, and
wherein the control circuitry is further configured to control the display to display the repositionable direction mark at the second position simultaneously with displaying the lane information at the first position.
2. The controller device of claim 1 ,
wherein the control circuitry is further configured to control the display to display the lane information only at the first position.
3. The controller device of claim 1 , wherein the repositionable direction mark simultaneously includes
a first portion indicating travel of the mobile object along the road, and
a second portion above the first portion, the second portion indicating a changed direction of travel of the mobile object subsequently to the travel of the mobile object along the road.
4. A vehicle, comprising:
a visible light transmission member;
a display; and
the controller device of claim 1 ,
wherein the mobile object is the vehicle, such that
the visible light transmission member is configured to transmit light so that, while the vehicle is travelling on a road, a driver of the vehicle sees an area of the road ahead of the vehicle while the driver is driving the vehicle on the road, and
the control circuitry of the controller device is configured to, while the vehicle is travelling on the road, control the display to
display the speed of the vehicle upon the visible light transmission member, and
to display a repositionable direction mark relative to the speed of the vehicle upon the visible light transmission member at an upper position above the speed of the vehicle, the repositionable direction mark indicating a path to be taken by the vehicle, wherein the speed of the vehicle and the repositionable direction mark are displayed to the driver in a display area that overlaps a front line of sight of the driver of the area ahead of the vehicle while the driver is driving the vehicle on the road.
5. A method of displaying an image, the method comprising:
while a mobile object is travelling on a road,
displaying a speed of the mobile object upon a visible light transmission member of the mobile object, and
displaying a repositionable direction mark relative to the speed of the mobile object upon the visible light transmission member at an upper position above the speed of the mobile object, the repositionable direction mark indicating a path to be taken by the mobile object, wherein
the visible light transmission member is configured to transmit light so that a driver of the mobile object sees an area of the road ahead of the mobile object while the driver is driving the mobile object on the road, and
the speed of the mobile object and the repositionable direction mark are displayed to the driver in a display area that overlaps a front line of sight of the driver of the area ahead of the mobile object while the driver is driving the mobile object on the road,
wherein the method further includes, while the mobile object is travelling on the road, displaying the repositionable direction mark to change a position of the repositionable direction mark relative to the speed of the mobile object in a vertical direction,
wherein the upper position includes
a first position above the speed of the mobile object, and
a second position above the first position,
wherein the method further includes, while the mobile object is travelling on the road, displaying the repositionable direction mark at the second position and then displaying the repositionable direction mark at the first position, and
wherein the method further includes, while the mobile object is travelling on the road, displaying lane information indicating a traffic lane of the road to be taken by the mobile object at the first position, and
wherein the method further includes, while the mobile object is travelling on the road, displaying the repositionable direction mark at the second position simultaneously with displaying the lane information at the first position.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising, while the mobile object is travelling on the road, displaying the lane information only at the first position.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the repositionable direction mark simultaneously includes
a first portion indicating travel of the mobile object along the road, and
a second portion above the first portion, the second portion indicating a changed direction of travel of the mobile object subsequently to the travel of the mobile object along the road.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by circuitry, cause the circuitry to perform a method comprising:
while a mobile object is travelling on a road,
controlling a display to display a speed of the mobile object upon a visible light transmission member of the mobile object, and
controlling the display to display a repositionable direction mark relative to the speed of the mobile object upon the visible light transmission member at an upper position above the speed of the mobile object, the repositionable direction mark indicating a path to be taken by the mobile object, wherein
the visible light transmission member is configured to transmit light so that a driver of the mobile object sees an area of the road ahead of the mobile object while the driver is driving the mobile object on the road, and
the speed of the mobile object and the repositionable direction mark are displayed to the driver in a display area that overlaps a front line of sight of the driver of the area ahead of the mobile object while the driver is driving the mobile object on the road,
wherein the method further includes, while the mobile object is travelling on the road, controlling the display to display the repositionable direction mark to change a position of the repositionable direction mark relative to the speed of the mobile object in a vertical direction,
wherein the upper position includes
a first position above the speed of the mobile object, and
a second position above the first position,
wherein the method further includes, while the mobile object is travelling on the road, controlling the display to display the repositionable direction mark at the second position and then to display the repositionable direction mark at the first position, and
wherein the method further includes, while the mobile object is travelling on the road, controlling the display to display lane information indicating a traffic lane of the road to be taken by the mobile object at the first position, and
wherein the method further includes, while the mobile object is travelling on the road, controlling the display to display the repositionable direction mark at the second position simultaneously with displaying the lane information at the first position.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises, while the mobile object is travelling on the road, controlling the display to display the lane information only at the first position.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the repositionable direction mark simultaneously includes
a first portion indicating travel of the mobile object along the road, and
a second portion above the first portion, the second portion indicating a changed direction of travel of the mobile object subsequently to the travel of the mobile object along the road.
11. A vehicle, comprising:
a visible light transmission member;
a display; and
the non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 ,
wherein the mobile object is the vehicle, such that
the visible light transmission member is configured to transmit light so that, while the vehicle is travelling on a road, a driver of the vehicle sees an area of the road ahead of the vehicle while the driver is driving the vehicle on the road, and
the computer executable instructions stored by the non-transitory computer-readable medium, when executed by circuitry of the vehicle, cause the circuitry to control the display to
display the speed of the vehicle upon the visible light transmission member, and
to display a repositionable direction mark relative to the speed of the vehicle upon the visible light transmission member at an upper position above the speed of the vehicle, the repositionable direction mark indicating a path to be taken by the vehicle, wherein the speed of the vehicle and the repositionable direction mark are displayed to the driver in a display area that overlaps a front line of sight of the driver of the area ahead of the vehicle while the driver is driving the vehicle on the road.