US 12,456,440 B2
Vehicle
Hidenori Takata, Kyoto (JP); and Nozomu Shimoda, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by Maxell, Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/751,368.
Application 18/751,368 is a continuation of application No. 17/269,258, granted, now 12,057,091, previously published as PCT/JP2019/020681, filed on May 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-156871 (JP), filed on Aug. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0347023 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09G 5/37 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60K 35/90 (2024.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 5/37 (2013.01) [B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60K 35/90 (2024.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G09G 3/001 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/166 (2024.01); B60K 2360/167 (2024.01); B60K 2360/176 (2024.01); B60K 2360/178 (2024.01); G02B 2027/0141 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2380/10 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a windshield;
microphones set in place on the vehicle to collect ambient sound around the vehicle;
processing circuitry configured to receive sound signals from the microphones, determine whether the sound signals from the microphone is valid, and determine whether a specific alarm is involved in the sound signals; and
a display configured to generate image light of an image and project the image light toward the windshield of the vehicle, so that a virtual image is displayed in front of the vehicle by reflecting the image light on the windshield, wherein
in response to determining that the sound signals from the microphone is valid, and determining that the specific alarm is involved in the sound signals, the processing circuitry adds an icon representing the specific alarm to the virtual image and controls the display to display the virtual image and the icon,
in response to determining that the sound signals from the microphone is not valid, in a case where the icon representing the specific alarm involved in the sound signals that have been determined to be not valid is being displayed, the processing circuitry deletes the icon, and
the processing circuitry causes the display to display different icons depending on a type of the specific alarm detected.