US 12,330,559 B2
Display apparatus, control method, and storage medium for a hybrid mirror
Masatoshi Otsubo, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/325,874.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-090422 (JP), filed on Jun. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391259 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60R 1/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/12 (2013.01) [B60R 1/04 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1215 (2013.01); B60R 2300/602 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8066 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display configured to display an image captured by an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a view behind a moving object;
a half mirror configured to reflect the view behind the moving object and disposed on an anterior surface of the display;
one or more memories storing instructions; and
one or more processors executing the instructions to:
(i) adjust a viewing angle of the image displayed on the display, wherein the viewing angle after adjustment is different from the viewing angle before adjustment;
(ii) switch a state from a mirror surface display state where a reflection image on the half mirror is displayed to an image display state where the image is displayed on the display;
(iii) switch the state from the image display state where the image is displayed on the display to the mirror surface display state where the reflection image on the half mirror is displayed; and
(iv) repeat (i), (ii), and (iii) until a predetermined condition is satisfied.