US 12,406,639 B2
Information display apparatus
Koji Hirata, Kyoto (JP); Akio Misawa, Kyoto (JP); and Takumi Nakada, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to MAXELL, LTD., Kyota (JP)
Filed by Maxell, Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/829,362.
Application 18/829,362 is a continuation of application No. 18/234,381, filed on Aug. 16, 2023, granted, now 12,112,724.
Application 18/234,381 is a continuation of application No. 17/841,676, filed on Jun. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,763,781, issued on Sep. 19, 2023.
Application 17/841,676 is a continuation of application No. 16/982,593, granted, now 11,398,208, issued on Jul. 26, 2022, previously published as PCT/JP2019/005748, filed on Feb. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-054592 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0428751 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G09G 5/38 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC G09G 5/38 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/149 (2024.01); B60K 2360/178 (2024.01); B60K 2360/179 (2024.01); B60K 2360/23 (2024.01); G02B 2027/0141 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0183 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0464 (2013.01); G09G 2360/144 (2013.01); G09G 2380/10 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information display apparatus configured to display image information in a vehicle, the information display apparatus comprising:
a display;
a light source configured to supply light to the display; and
circuitry configured to acquire information of the vehicle,
wherein an image of the display is displayed as a virtual image,
wherein, in a vertical direction of the vehicle, a display position of the virtual image continuously changes from a distant position to a close position along a direction from a top to a bottom of the virtual image, and
wherein the information of the vehicle includes information as to whether or not the vehicle is driving on an express way, and a viewing angle of a display region of the virtual image in a horizontal direction and a depression angle with respect to the display region of the virtual image are changed based on the information as to whether or not the vehicle is driving on the express way.