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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Applicant:
Takuo Yamamoto, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Takuo Yamamoto, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01); H04B 3/36 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An onboard display device has a pickup unit that picks up nighttime environment to acquire a nightview image, a display that can display a nightview image together with a map image, and a display control unit that displays an information-providing image that is different from the map image and the nightview image on the display and controls displays of the map image and the nightview image, when the information-providing image has to be displayed in a state in which the map image and the nightview image are displayed on the display.