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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2002
Koji Ishii, Shizuoka, JP;
Masayuki Ogawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
For displaying a virtual image without hindering from seeing a front view, a display apparatus for a vehicle includes a storage device for storing a distance information of superimposed viewing, the distance information indicating a distance between an obstacle in the view ahead a vehicle and the vehicle when the obstacle and, a virtual image of a picture projected on a windshield are viewed as a superimposed front view; distance measuring means for measuring a distance between the vehicle and the obstacle; judging means for judging whether or not the virtual image is superimposed on the obstacle; and control means for stopping the projection of the virtual image when it is judged that the virtual image is superimposed on the obstacle.