US 11,692,844 B2
Apparatus for displaying information of a vehicle and method thereof
Su Jin Kwon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Bum Hee Chung, Seoul (KR); and Paul Choo, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/2,489.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0048170 (KR), filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325204 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3667 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G01C 21/3632 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G06T 11/203 (2013.01); G06T 17/05 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A display apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
a controller configured to create map information; and
a display device configured to display the map information created by the controller,
wherein the controller controls the display device to display a path guidance texture based on a road shape when guiding a path among the map information,
wherein the controller displays the color of the path line from a current location of a host vehicle to a destination among the map information step by step;
wherein the controller gradiently sets a color of a path line among the map information is set to be gradient; and
wherein the gradient effect depends upon a driving distance.