US 12,109,935 B2
Vehicle having road-surface rendering function
Kentarou Yamasaki, Tokyo (JP); and Makoto Kinoshita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/430,487.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-021176 (JP), filed on Feb. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0270156 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/005 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B60Q 1/143 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A vehicle having a road-surface rendering function, the vehicle comprising:
a light projection member configured to perform light projection for road-surface rendering in the vehicle that is traveling, the light projection member being configured to render a road-surface rendered image onto a road surface surrounding the vehicle that is traveling;
a detection device configured to perform detection of a detection range larger than a light projection range in which the road-surface rendered image is rendered by the light projection member; and
a control unit configured to control the light projection for the road-surface rendering by the light projection member in accordance with the detection by the detection device,
wherein the control unit is configured to
determine whether the road-surface rendering is adequate at least in an outer area of the road surface located outside the light projection range with respect the detection range of the detection device, and
suppress the light projection for the road-surface rendered image from the light projection member when the road-surface rendered image passes a road-surface area determined as being inadequate for the road-surface rendering.