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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
Tateaki Nogami, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Iwai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Waki, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An aspect of the invention provides an information display apparatus and an information display method which allow a driver to easily recognize the display information without discomfort, regardless of the traveling state of a vehicle. It includes an attention object detecting unit () which detects information to be displayed to the driver, a symbol image selecting unit () which sets a symbol image to be displayed for the driver, an optical flow calculating unit () which detects an optical flow of a foreground of the own vehicle, a motion effect determining unit () which sets a motion effect to be added to the symbol image, a display image generating unit () which generates a display image in which the motion effect added by the motion effect determining unit is combined with the symbol image, and a display control unit () which displays the generated display image for the driver. The motion effect determining unit () changes the motion effect to be added to the symbol image in accordance with the traveling state of the vehicle.