US 12,282,699 B2
Vehicle display device, vehicle display method, and recording medium
Yukinari Deguchi, Hyogo (JP); and Atsuya Nasu, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/371,130.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-157717 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0111472 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01)
CPC G06F 3/1446 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 2360/182 (2024.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle display device that transfers image information to a transfer destination that is a display device included in a vehicle, the vehicle display device comprising:
a transfer mode determiner that determines a transfer mode of the image information suitable for a rendering capability of the transfer destination, based on the image information, a rendering capability of a transfer source that is the vehicle display device, and the rendering capability of the transfer destination;
a transfer processor that converts a preset transfer mode to the transfer mode determined by the transfer mode determiner, and transfers the image information to the transfer destination in the transfer mode as converted; and
a rendering capability information obtainer that obtains, based on hardware information of the transfer source and the transfer destination, the rendering capability of the transfer source and the rendering capability of the transfer destination, wherein the hardware information indicates the presence or absence of a central processing unit (CPU), the presence or absence of a graphics processing unit (GPU), the presence or absence of a decoder, and the presence or absence of an encoder, and wherein the rendering capability information obtainer outputs to the transfer mode determiner, rendering capability information indicating the rendering capabilities of the transfer source and transfer destination.