US 11,736,669 B2
Image projection device, medium, and image projection method
Toyokazu Nakashima, Kasugai (JP); Ryuichi Kamaga, Nisshin (JP); Mitsuhiro Miura, Okazaki (JP); Yasuhiro Baba, Gifu-ken (JP); Tomokazu Maya, Nagoya (JP); Ryosuke Kobayashi, Nagakute (JP); and Genshi Kuno, Kasugai (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,730.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-098339 (JP), filed on Jun. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400237 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 9/3179 (2013.01) [G06V 20/52 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
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15. An image projection method performed by an image projection device which is mounted on a vehicle or worn by a driver of the vehicle, the image projection method comprising:
accepting a selection for specifying a particular user;
detecting a current location;
acquiring an image showing at least a part of an appearance of the particular user, which is captured when the particular user has previously driven the particular user's vehicle at a location which is same as or near to the current location; and
projecting the image onto the driver's seat of the vehicle.