Disclosed is a display device including a passenger image capture unit configured to capture information of a passenger who is riding in a vehicle together with a driver of the vehicle; an image generator configured to generate an image that shows a condition of the passenger based on the information that is captured by the passenger image capture unit; and an image display unit configured to superimpose the image with a visual field of the driver, and configured to display the image in the visual field of the driver.

A display system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view interior of the vehicle that encompasses a head region of a driver of the vehicle. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera to determine a location of both eyes of the driver of the vehicle. A display device is operable to display or project a first image and a second image for viewing by the driver of the vehicle. A first reflector element that is adjusted, responsive to image processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, to reflect the first and second images so that a left eye of the driver views the reflected first image and a right eye of the driver views the reflected second image.

A vehicle display device includes a display that displays a display image in front of a driver of a vehicle, an acquisition unit that acquires a curvature of a curve on a traveling path, and a controller. When the vehicle travels on a curved traveling path, the controller performs display image movement processing of moving, according to the curvature of the curve acquired by the acquisition unit, the display image to the direction side as a direction in which the traveling path curves and displaying the display image. When the vehicle travels on the curved traveling path and when the curvature of the curve acquired by the acquisition unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold, the controller performs, in addition to the display image movement processing, at least one of first display image change processing and second display image change processing.

A vehicular three-dimensional head-up display includes a display device functioning as a light source; and a combiner for simultaneously reflecting light from the light source toward a driver's seat and transmitting light from the outside of a vehicle, and may include an optical configuration in which an image created by the light from the light source is displayed as a virtual image of a three-dimensional perspective laid to correspond to the ground in front of the vehicle.

A vehicular three-dimensional head-up display includes a display device functioning as a light source; and a combiner for simultaneously reflecting light from the light source toward a driver's seat and transmitting light from the outside of a vehicle, and may include an optical configuration in which an image created by the light from the light source is displayed as a virtual image of a three-dimensional perspective laid to correspond to the ground in front of the vehicle.

An adaptive, automatically-reconfigurable, vehicle instrument display method and system are described that continuously looks for a specified physical action of a driver operating the vehicle and, upon determining that the specified physical action of the driver has occurred, automatically effects a change to at least one widget in the instrument panel display of the vehicle.

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for generating an augmented view of a location of interest for a user. The technique includes determining an image capture location based on the location of interest, and determining an image capture direction based on the image capture location. The technique further includes receiving an image associated with the image capture location and the image capture direction. The technique further includes processing the image based on a line of sight associated with a location of the user to generate a processed image and displaying the processed image to the user. Advantageously, the disclosed techniques enable a user to see through obstructions in the surrounding environment to view a location of interest.

A display control device includes: an input unit that receives environmental information on a vehicle; and a controller that outputs to an image generator a first control signal for generating a first specific image representing a presentation image to be displayed on a display medium. When decreasing the luminance of the presentation image based on the environmental information, the controller outputs to the image generator a second control signal for generating a second specific image representing the presentation image with a hue changed to decrease a blue component in a display color.

A vehicle information indicator and a method of indicating vehicle information using the indicator are disclosed. The indicator is configured such that a driver who wears the indicator is capable of coordinating devices within a vehicle and can give commands to the coordinated devices. The indicator includes a coordinate setting module which designates a space within the vehicle as spatial coordinates, recognizes the distance of a change in line-of-sight of the user based on an eye zone, and designates a desired zone as detailed zone coordinates. A user command module recognizes a body motion pattern of the user and the number of times of the motion, or a direction and distance that the line-of-sight of the user moves, and provides commands to the devices. In addition, a wireless communication module provides wireless communication between the user command module and the vehicle. A battery is configured to supply power to the modules.

A method and system for notifying an alarm state of a vehicle include displaying an alarm corresponding to an alarm state of an alarm state occurring in a vehicle, and determining whether a driver recognizes the displayed alarm. The alarm is displayed in a different manner based on a recognition frequency and duration of time the driver recognized the alarm when it is determined that the driver recognizes the displayed alarm. An alarm sound is output for a period of time when it is determined that the driver does not recognize the displayed alarm.