US 11,701,994 B2
Vehicle
Yasuhiko Kunii, Kyoto (JP); Nobuyuki Kaku, Kyoto (JP); Masahiro Kishigami, Kyoto (JP); Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kyoto (JP); Megumi Kurachi, Kyoto (JP); and Takuya Shimizu, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/567,464.
Application 17/567,464 is a continuation of application No. 15/543,219, previously published as PCT/JP2015/084820, filed on Dec. 11, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-003961 (JP), filed on Jan. 13, 2015; and application No. 2015-155164 (JP), filed on Aug. 5, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0121048 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G03B 17/54 (2021.01); G03B 21/12 (2006.01); B60Q 1/38 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G03B 21/56 (2006.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); G03B 21/14 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/1336 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/0017 (2013.01); B60Q 1/04 (2013.01); B60Q 1/34 (2013.01); B60Q 1/38 (2013.01); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); G01C 21/365 (2013.01); G03B 17/54 (2013.01); G03B 21/12 (2013.01); G03B 21/14 (2013.01); G03B 21/562 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); H04N 9/3179 (2013.01); H04N 9/3194 (2013.01); B60Q 1/24 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01); G02F 1/133627 (2021.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A vehicle having an image projector for projecting an image on a road surface, the vehicle comprising:
a body,
a receiver that receives, as information about a vehicle, information about a direction indicator, information about a traveling speed of the vehicle, and information about a change in a steering-wheel steering angle of a steering wheel, the receiver is mounted on the vehicle; and
the image projector that projects the image onto a road surface around the vehicle based on the information from the receiver, wherein the image projector has functions of displaying the projected image as a moving image and fixing or moving a display position of the moving image as the image onto the road surface depending on a behavior of the vehicle,
wherein when the vehicle is changed to a traveling state from a stopping state at an intersection and a predetermined steering angle is detected, the image projector is configured to:
project a traveling path image to a fixed position on a road surface in the intersection, the traveling path image indicating a traveling path on which the vehicle travels in the intersection, and
even when the vehicle is traveling on a first part of the fixed position where the traveling path image is projected, continue to project a part of the traveling path image to a second part of the fixed position where the vehicle has not reached, and
wherein a leading end of the second part remains at a leading end of the fixed position on the road surface until the vehicle passes over the leading end of the fixed position of the road.