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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2024
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihito Inukai, Kyoto, JP;
Akira Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Toshiya Mori, Osaka, JP;
Makoto Funabiki, Osaka, JP;
Takuma Shimura, Kanagawa, JP;
PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A display device includes: a controller that determines a form in which to display a display object indicating a guide image based on a route (scheduled route) a vehicle is scheduled to drive on; and a display that projects light that forms the display object in the form determined by the controller onto a display medium in the vehicle that reflects the light toward a user in the vehicle, making the display object displayed beyond the display medium visible to the user as a virtual image. When a condition related to driving of the vehicle is satisfied, the controller determines the form so as to give the display object a shape corresponding to a view of the virtual image from an angle of depression greater than an angle of depression corresponding to a view of the virtual image from a viewpoint of the user.