The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for identifying an object of interest of a user. One example method includes obtaining information about a line-of-sight-gazed region of the user and an environment image corresponding to the user, obtaining information about a first gaze region of the user in the environment image based on the environment image, where the first gaze region is used to indicate a sensitive region determined by using a physical feature of a human body, and obtaining a target gaze region of the user based on the information about the line-of-sight-gazed region and the information about the first gaze region. The gaze region is used to indicate a region in which a target object gazed by the user in the environment image is located.

A head up display system, a control method thereof and a vehicle are provided. The head up display system includes an imaging device group, a concave reflective element, a directional imaging device and a processor, the imaging device group includes at least one single-layer imaging device; the directional imaging device includes a light source device, a direction control element, a diffusing element and a light modulating layer; the processor is respectively connected with the directional imaging device and the at least one single-layer imaging device in the imaging device group.

A head-up display is configured to project an image on a transparent reflection member to cause an observer to visually recognize a virtual image, and includes a display device configured to display the image, and a projection optical system configured to project the image displayed by the display device as the virtual image for the observer. The projection optical system is configured to form an image as an intermediate image, and includes a first lens configured to condense light, and a first optical element configured to diffuse light. The first lens and the first optical element are disposed in this order along an optical path from the display device. The first lens is inclined with respect to a reference beam which is defined as a beam reaching a center of a viewpoint region of the observer and corresponding to a center of the virtual image.

A head up display apparatus for a vehicle includes an imaging unit that generates a projection light beam with display content and includes a transmissive display indication layer with selectively controllable display elements distributed over an area, a matrix backlight that provides backlighting therefor and includes selectively controllable light sources distributed along the transmissive display indication layer, and a collimation array with collimators arranged between a light source and the transmissive display indication layer, and a projection panel in the beam path of the projection light beam generated by the imaging unit for reflecting the projection light beam to a user, the projection panel being arranged in the beam path such that a virtual display image is generated therebehind in the visual field of the user.

A display region has a curved surface shape having upper and lower end portions disposed at positions closer to a visual field than a reference plane, and a central portion disposed at a position farther from the visual field than the reference plane. A first convergence angle difference between a convergence angle from the eye position to the upper end portion and a convergence angle from the eye position to a first point on the reference plane through the upper end portion, a second convergence angle difference between a convergence angle to the central portion and a convergence angle to a second point on the reference plane through the central portion, and a third convergence angle difference between a convergence angle to the lower end portion and a convergence angle to a third point on the reference plane through the lower end portion respectively fall within four milliradians.

At least one nearby vehicle may be extracted from a vehicle vicinity image collected by a sensor equipped in the target vehicle. Lane recognition information representing which one position a position of the extracted nearby vehicle corresponds to with respect to the target vehicle, and/or vehicle position information representing a relative distance from the target vehicle to the nearby vehicle may be identified. An attention degree of the nearby vehicle may be calculated based on a speed of the nearby vehicle calculated from the relative distance and a vehicle speed of the target vehicle, the vehicle position information of the nearby vehicle, the relative distance of the nearby vehicle, the speed of the target vehicle, or any combination thereof. An alarm for the nearby vehicle may be displayed on a screen according to the calculated attention.

The head-up display apparatus includes a display-light emitting unit having a second inclination angle around the axis parallel to the vertical direction so that the first direction side thereof is closer to the user than the second direction side thereof is, and being configured to emit display light forming a rectangular image corresponding to the rectangular virtual image. The head-up display apparatus includes a reflecting mirror having a third inclination angle around the axis parallel to the vertical direction so that the first direction side thereof is closer to the user than the second direction side thereof is, and being configured to reflect the display light and emit reflected light to the virtual-image display unit.

A mirror device includes: a mirror having a rotation shaft and a reflecting surface that reflects display light; a support portion having a cylindrical shape, having a base end fixed and a tip end being a free end, and configured to rotatably support the rotation shaft; and a motor that pivots the mirror, in which the rotation shaft is inserted into the support portion while spreading the support portion outward in a radial direction, and is slidably supported by the support portion.

An example operation includes one or more of displaying, on a transport display, first data from a device detachably attached to a transport and displaying, on the transport display, second data from a device affixed to the transport. The second data is overlaid on the display proximate to the first data.

A head-up display apparatus is disclosed. The head-up display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display panel; a stereoscopic image filter; and a mirror. The display panel includes a first region in which a first image is displayed and a second region in which a second image is displayed, and the stereoscopic image filter is configured to convert the first image into a stereoscopic image. In an embodiment of the present invention, the first image displayed on the display panel is warped and displayed, thereby preventing distortion of the stereoscopic image when projected on a windshield.