Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080198335 | Visible laser beam projector - A visible laser beam projector is arranged to provide information to passengers in a vehicle compartment by projecting a visible laser beam onto a portion in the compartment. The visible laser beam projector is arranged in front of an inner mirror of the compartment and projects the visible laser beam to only a front end portion on the upper surface of an instrument panel of the compartment. Thus, the visible laser beam is allowed to be projected in high intensity while suppressing the probability of its adverse effect on eyes of passengers in the compartment. | 08-21-2008 |
20080238640 | VISIBLE LASER BEAM PROJECTION SYSTEM - A visible laser beam projection system determines a target point of position to which a visible laser beam is to be projected, a start point and a trajectory from the start point and the target point based on data of conditions inside and outside of a vehicle. The system starts projecting the visible laser beam from the start point, moves the visible laser beam while it is being projected along the trajectory and stops the projection of the visible laser beam. The start point, target point and the trajectory may be changed depending on contents to be indicated. | 10-02-2008 |
20080239242 | VISIBLE LASER BEAM PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MOUNTING VISIBLE LASER BEAM PROJECTION DEVICE - A visible laser beam projection system for a vehicle projects visible laser beam onto an instrument panel in a vehicle compartment. The instrument panel is provided with highly reflecting portions, which are scattered on the upper surface of the instrument panel. The highly reflecting portions having a diffuse reflectivity for the wavelength of a visible laser beam higher than that of other portions of the instrument panel The visible laser beam is projected to the highly reflecting portions. | 10-02-2008 |
20080284615 | Information provision apparatus - An information provision apparatus of the present invention includes a stop detector to detect a stop of a vehicle; a display unit to display various information; and a control unit to control the display unit to display a plurality of display contents in a manner that two successive contents of information differ with each other while the vehicle is standing at the temporal stop. When the vehicle is caught in a traffic congestion to stop temporarily, the driver of the vehicle is entertained by plural contents of the information appearing on the display unit for his/her diversion. | 11-20-2008 |
20100295670 | INTERIOR INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS USED FOR THE SAME - Information is displayed by irradiating a visible light on a specific position based on at least one of vehicle state information, vehicle surrounding information, and vehicle interior information. For example, the visible light is irradiated on a target switch based on signals indicating an on/off state of a headlamp operation switch and an on/off state of a key switch. A user | 11-25-2010 |
20110109544 | Display control device for remote control device - A display control device for a remote control device is disclosed. The display control device is connected with a display device for displaying an operation screen having multiple icons and a remote control device spaced apart form the display device. The display control device performs display control in the following way. The display control device displays an identification display mark in association with one icon in a selection state. When an instruction of an operation direction is inputted, the display control device displays a visual presentation indicative of the operation direction on the operation screen by making a change in display manner of the identification display mark, with the identification display mark being displayed in association with the one icon in the selection state. | 05-12-2011 |
20110210839 | Visible in-vehicle laser beam projector providing variable projection region as function of vehicle speed - A projector projects a visible laser beam onto a region of a vehicle compartment. A control unit controls a direction of projecting the visible laser beam to provide information to at least one occupant in the compartment. The control unit expands the region of an object to which the visible laser beam is projected when the seatbelt has been fastened. | 09-01-2011 |
20120161951 | VEHICULAR OBSTACLE NOTIFICATION APPARATUS - In a vehicular obstacle notification apparatus, a notification priority is determined from two of (i) a collision possibility between an obstacle and a subject vehicle and (ii) a region priority specific to an obstacle, instead of only from the collision possibility. Even if the collision possibility is high, the notification priority may become low when the region priority is low. In contrast, even if the collision possibility is low, the notification priority may become high when the region priority is high. Thus, the warning or warning notification to the driver with respect to obstacles can be executed effectively in an order of the necessity of urging the driver to take precautions, in comparison with the case where the notification priority is determined only based on the collision possibility. | 06-28-2012 |