US 11,875,530 B2
Image display system and image controller
Takayuki Aoki, Toyota (JP); Hideki Kobayashi, Miyoshi (JP); Ryusuke Ohta, Toyota (JP); Tomohiro Inada, Kariya (JP); and Hitoshi Muraki, Aichi-ken (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/991,181.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-189236 (JP), filed on Nov. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0162390 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/73 (2017.01) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G09G 3/001 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0464 (2013.01); G09G 2380/10 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image display system, comprising:
a display configured to be attached to the head of a user that is an occupant of a vehicle, the display configured to display a subject image to be superimposed on a field of vision of the user;
a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) camera fixed to the display to capture a SLAM image of surroundings of the display;
one or more light emitters disposed within a vehicle cabin, the one or more light emitters configured to emit light that serves as a marker; and
an image controller configured to determine a display position of the subject image based on the SLAM image including the marker,
wherein
the marker has a marker display condition including at least one of a luminance, a color, or a brightness, the marker display condition being variable, and
the marker display condition is changed in accordance with an environmental light condition in the vicinity of the one or more light emitters.