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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2015
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hidekazu Arita, Tokyo, JP;

Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/365 (2013.01); G01C 21/3632 (2013.01); G01C 21/3679 (2013.01);
Abstract

A virtual image displaycan display a display object being a virtual image which can be visually recognized from a driver's seat of a vehicle through a windshield in a virtual image position defined by a virtual image direction which is a direction of the virtual image on a basis of a specific position of the vehicle and a virtual image distance which is a distance to the virtual image on a basis of the specific position. A display control deviceincludes a relative position acquisition partobtaining a relative position of an information-to-be-provided object which is a point or a feature associated with information with which a driver of the vehicle is provided, using the display object, and the vehicle and a controllercontrolling a display of the virtual image display. The controllerchanges a virtual image distance of the display object in accordance with the relative position of the information-to-be-provided object corresponding to the display object and the vehicle.


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