US 12,434,618 B2
Image projection apparatus
Yasuhiko Kunii, Kyoto (JP); Nobuyuki Kaku, Kyoto (JP); Masahiro Kishigami, Kyoto (JP); Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kyoto (JP); Megumi Kurachi, Kyoto (JP); and Takuya Shimizu, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/327,299.
Application 18/327,299 is a continuation of application No. 17/567,464, filed on Jan. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,701,994.
Application 17/567,464 is a continuation of application No. 15/543,219, granted, now 11,249,341, issued on Feb. 15, 2022, previously published as PCT/JP2015/084820, filed on Dec. 11, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-003961 (JP), filed on Jan. 13, 2015; and application No. 2015-155164 (JP), filed on Aug. 5, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311740 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); B60Q 1/38 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G03B 17/54 (2021.01); G03B 21/12 (2006.01); G03B 21/14 (2006.01); G03B 21/56 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/0017 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/04 (2013.01); B60Q 1/34 (2013.01); B60Q 1/38 (2013.01); B60Q 1/381 (2022.05); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); G01C 21/365 (2013.01); G02F 1/1336 (2013.01); G03B 17/54 (2013.01); G03B 21/12 (2013.01); G03B 21/14 (2013.01); G03B 21/562 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); H04N 9/3179 (2013.01); H04N 9/3194 (2013.01); B60Q 1/24 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01); G02F 1/133627 (2021.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image projection apparatus comprising:
a receiver that acquires information about a vehicle; and
an image projector that is capable of projecting an image based on the information acquired by the receiver,
wherein, when the vehicle traveling on a road including a plurality of lanes extending in a same direction changes from a currently traveling lane among the plurality of lanes to another lane among the plurality of lanes, the image projector projects the image onto a region including the another lane that is adjacent to the currently traveling lane that the vehicle is traveling, and
wherein the image projector continues projecting the image during a predetermined time period or more even if a blinker of the vehicle is turned off.