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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2005
Megumi Itoh, Nara, JP;
Toshiya Takahashi, Soraku-gun, JP;
Shinichirou Ota, Nara, JP;
Aki Miake, Nara, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Soraku-gun, JP;
Masayuki Kikuchi, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Megumi Itoh, Nara, JP;
Toshiya Takahashi, Soraku-gun, JP;
Shinichirou Ota, Nara, JP;
Aki Miake, Nara, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Soraku-gun, JP;
Masayuki Kikuchi, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An automotive display device, which allows the user to easily recognize the sameness of an information image even if the shape of the image is changed, is realized. An automotive display device () includes a display section () for displaying a vehicle information image including information regarding a vehicle. The vehicle information image is a 3-D image. The automotive display device () further includes an image processing section () for generating a vehicle information image seen from a fixed viewpoint, an image display processing section () for displaying the vehicle information image on the display section (), and an ETC information detection section () that detects a driving condition of the vehicle. The image processing section () rotates the vehicle information image around a predetermined axis and for a predetermined angle, in accordance with ETC information obtained by the ETC information detecting section ().