An enhanced reality system for a vehicle having an enhanced reality headset with a headset display, control unit, and power source. The enhanced reality headset displays a video of an upcoming road segment with one or more pieces of supplemental display information. One potential drawback of such a system involves blind spots within a display area, referred to as visual impairment zones, which are unique to each driver. The enhanced reality system and method disclosed herein are configured to administer a vision test for each driver, identify any visual impairment zones unique to that driver, determine if any pieces of supplemental display information fall within a visual impairment zone and, if so, move the supplemental display information out of the visual impairment zone so that it is more visible to the driver. An enhanced reality profile may be maintained for each driver.

A head-up display apparatus that includes an image forming unit that emits video light; an optical element provided in the image forming unit and that generates video light divided into a first video light and a second video light as the video light; a first returning mirror that reflects the first video light; a second returning mirror that reflects the second video light; and a video projector that reflects the first video light from the first returning mirror and the second video light from the second returning mirror, and a first display region which is a first display area capable of displaying a first virtual image is formed based on the first video light from the video projector, and a second display region which is a second display area capable of displaying a second virtual image is formed based on the second video light from the video projector.

A head-up display apparatus that includes an image forming unit that emits video light; an optical element provided in the image forming unit and that generates video light divided into a first video light and a second video light as the video light; a first returning mirror that reflects the first video light; a second returning mirror that reflects the second video light; and a video projector that reflects the first video light from the first returning mirror and the second video light from the second returning mirror, and a first display region which is a first display area capable of displaying a first virtual image is formed based on the first video light from the video projector, and a second display region which is a second display area capable of displaying a second virtual image is formed based on the second video light from the video projector.

A vehicular display device emits display light from an opening toward a windshield to cause a virtual image and a real image of a display image represented by the display light to be visually recognized and includes a display unit that includes a display element, transmits light emitted by a light source, and displays the display image, a reflection unit that reflects light representing the display image displayed on the display unit toward the windshield, and a control unit that performs a detection process to detect a state change in a seat accompanied with a change in an eyellipse Ey of an occupant, and a turning-off process to turn off the display light at least during a period from a change start to a change completion of the state change in the seat based on a detection result of the detection process.

A vehicle includes a windshield configured to transmit a front view of the vehicle to an interior of the vehicle, and a display device configured to display information set to overlap the front view on the windshield, and to divide the windshield into a first display area including a driving lane, both sides of the driving lane, and an upper settings area, and at least one peripheral display area located in a periphery of the first display area, display at least one of driving energy information, speed information, driving lane information, augmented reality (AR) turn by turn (TBT) information, traffic signal information, a distance to a vehicle ahead, warnings, and surrounding vehicles information on the first display area, and display at least one of destination arrival information, media content information, surrounding real image, audio video navigation (AVN) menu, speed limit information, and local geographic information on the peripheral display area.

A vehicle includes a windshield configured to transmit a front view of the vehicle to an interior of the vehicle, and a display device configured to display information set to overlap the front view on the windshield, and to divide the windshield into a first display area including a driving lane, both sides of the driving lane, and an upper settings area, and at least one peripheral display area located in a periphery of the first display area, display at least one of driving energy information, speed information, driving lane information, augmented reality (AR) turn by turn (TBT) information, traffic signal information, a distance to a vehicle ahead, warnings, and surrounding vehicles information on the first display area, and display at least one of destination arrival information, media content information, surrounding real image, audio video navigation (AVN) menu, speed limit information, and local geographic information on the peripheral display area.

A display ECU is configured to detect, from an image acquired by a camera, a vehicle to be followed that precedes a host vehicle, project a marker image, in the screen display frame, with any one of a display near the vehicle to be followed and a display on the vehicle to be followed in a superimposed manner, and control the AR-HUD such that the marker image exhibits, when the entire vehicle to be followed is in the screen display frame, a first shape in which the marker image is displayed at maximum size, and the marker image exhibits, when the vehicle to be followed deviates from the screen display frame, a second shape in which the marker image deforms in a state of being in contact with the screen display frame according to a position of the vehicle to be followed present outside the screen display frame.

A display ECU is configured to detect, from an image acquired by a camera, a vehicle to be followed that precedes a host vehicle, project a marker image, in the screen display frame, with any one of a display near the vehicle to be followed and a display on the vehicle to be followed in a superimposed manner, and control the AR-HUD such that the marker image exhibits, when the entire vehicle to be followed is in the screen display frame, a first shape in which the marker image is displayed at maximum size, and the marker image exhibits, when the vehicle to be followed deviates from the screen display frame, a second shape in which the marker image deforms in a state of being in contact with the screen display frame according to a position of the vehicle to be followed present outside the screen display frame.

A display control device includes a display control unit that causes a marker to be displayed in a display area of a display device in a position corresponding to an object included in a foreground of a vehicle visible through the display area of the display device or in an image resembling the foreground of the vehicle displayed in the display area of the display device, and the marker comprising a plurality of partial images lined up next to and spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction and having sides along a lengthwise direction of the partial images that are not parallel to a vehicle vertical direction.

A display control device includes a display control unit that causes a marker to be displayed in a display area of a display device in a position corresponding to an object included in a foreground of a vehicle visible through the display area of the display device or in an image resembling the foreground of the vehicle displayed in the display area of the display device, and the marker comprising a plurality of partial images lined up next to and spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction and having sides along a lengthwise direction of the partial images that are not parallel to a vehicle vertical direction.