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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Junichiro Funabashi, Nagoya, JP;
Junichiro Funabashi, Nagoya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular display apparatus in a host vehicle is provided with a display output portion including a ring-shaped light-emitting area that represents presence of a different vehicle. A direction specification processor specifies a direction indicating presence of the different vehicle with reference to the host vehicle based on position information about the host vehicle and the different vehicle. A distance specification processor specifies a distance between the host vehicle and the different vehicle based on position information about the host vehicle and the different vehicle. A display control processor displays part of the light-emitting area so that the displayed part is positioned in a direction specified by the direction specification processor and has a length based on a distance specified by the distance specification processor.