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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2024
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Toshiya Mori, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An image generation apparatus (vehicle information acquirer/controller) is utilized in a display system that projects an image onto a display medium of a vehicle to enable a user to visually recognize a virtual image, and includes a vehicle information acquirer that acquires vehicle position information indicating the current location of a vehicle and path information indicating a path along which the vehicle is guided to a destination; a map image generator that generates a map image of the vicinity of the current location in accordance with the vehicle position information; a guide image generator that generates a guide image indicating a path relative to the current location in accordance with the vehicle position information and the path information; and a composite image generator that generates a composite image for projecting the guide image and the map image, in a mode in which these images are associated with each other.