US 11,752,870 B2
Vehicle
Yasuhiko Kunii, Kyoto (JP); Nobuyuki Kaku, Kyoto (JP); Toshinori Sugiyama, Kyoto (JP); Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kyoto (JP); Hiroshi Chiba, Kyoto (JP); Masahiro Kishigami, Kyoto (JP); Hiroyuki Kajikawa, Kyoto (JP); Chohei Ono, Kyoto (JP); Megumi Kurachi, Kyoto (JP); and Noriaki Harada, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by Maxell, Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/567,193.
Application 17/567,193 is a continuation of application No. 16/837,202, filed on Apr. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,247,605.
Application 16/837,202 is a continuation of application No. 16/394,607, filed on Apr. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,647,248, issued on May 12, 2020.
Application 16/394,607 is a continuation of application No. 15/565,543, granted, now 10,457,199, issued on Oct. 29, 2019, previously published as PCT/JP2016/060613, filed on Mar. 31, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-080901 (JP), filed on Apr. 10, 2015; and application No. 2015-213720 (JP), filed on Oct. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118902 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/38 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G03B 29/00 (2021.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60K 31/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/54 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/38 (2013.01) [B60K 31/0008 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60Q 1/04 (2013.01); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 1/503 (2013.01); B60Q 1/54 (2013.01); G03B 29/00 (2013.01); H04N 9/3141 (2013.01); H04N 9/3179 (2013.01); H04N 9/3185 (2013.01); H04N 9/3194 (2013.01); B60K 2370/179 (2019.05); B60K 2370/334 (2019.05); B60K 2370/5915 (2019.05); B60K 2370/797 (2019.05); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01); B60W 2754/30 (2020.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle having a projector, the vehicle comprising:
a body;
one or more sensors configured to acquire information relating to the vehicle;
the projector configured to project an image on a road surface,
a processor communicatively coupled to a navigation device, the one or more sensors and the projector,
wherein the projector is further configured to project the image based on information acquired by the one or more sensors and information from the navigation device received by the processor, and
wherein, when the image includes a character image based on the information from the navigation device and a traveling speed of the vehicle acquired by the one or more sensors is greater than a predetermined speed, the projector does not project the image on the road surface, and
wherein, when the image does not include the character image based on the information from the navigation device and the traveling speed of the vehicle acquired by the one or more sensors is greater than the predetermined speed, the projector projects the image on the road surface.