JP2012001029A - Display device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device for a vehicle, the device allowing the cost thereof to be suppressed even when the number of images as objects for moving increases.SOLUTION: The display device for a vehicle includes an image display device 10 and a control means 20 that causes the image display device 10 to display a plurality of information images 101 to 106 based on the input information from the vehicle. When the control means 20 causes a predetermined information image 106 in the information images 101 to 106 displayed on a screen background of the image display device 10 to be displayed as a moving picture moving in a predetermined direction, the control means 20 replaces the predetermined information image 106 by sweeping images 111R, 111A, 111B having color/luminosity contrast varying in the moving direction and displays the sweeping images. The sweeping images 111R, 111A, 111B are selected in accordance with groups G1 to G3 of the information image 106 (information image data 106d).

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle display device that displays vehicle information.

  As this type of vehicle display device, for example, one described in Patent Document 1 below is known. The vehicle display device includes an image display device composed of a liquid crystal panel and the like, and a control means including a microcomputer for displaying various information images on the image display device and a drawing processing means (image storage means such as a drawing LSI and an image memory). And.

  In this case, the various information images include a plurality of pointer-type instrument images that display the vehicle speed and the power meter in a pointer manner, and captured images of the in-vehicle camera (night vision camera), and a first mode in which the captured images are not displayed. In the second mode in which the pointer-type instrument image is displayed and the captured image is displayed, the captured image is displayed after the pointer-type instrument image is erased. When switching from the first mode to the second mode, the pointer-type instrument image is replaced with a moving image (animation) with a sweep form, and is reduced and then deleted.

JP 2009-073431 A (FIGS. 8 to 10)

  By the way, the vehicle display device described in Patent Document 1 is moved by replacing the pointer-type instrument image with the sweep image at the time of mode switching. However, when the number of images to be moved increases, the image is swept for each image to be moved. An image (data) must be prepared, and an image storage means having a large storage capacity is required, which causes a problem of increasing costs.

  Accordingly, the present invention focuses on the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a vehicle display device that can reduce the cost even when the number of images to be moved increases.

The present invention includes an image display device and control means for causing the image display device to display a plurality of information images based on input information from a vehicle, and the control means is displayed on a screen background of the image display device. When the predetermined information image is displayed as a moving image moving in a predetermined direction, the predetermined information image is replaced with a swept image whose color / luminance contrast changes in accordance with the moving direction. In the apparatus, the predetermined information image is stored in the image storage means as a plurality of information image data having different display forms according to the input information, and as a plurality of swept image data having the display forms different from each other. The control means should display according to the input information from the information image data group divided into at least two groups. When selecting and displaying the report image data on the image display device and displaying the selected and displayed information image data as a moving image moving in a predetermined direction, each of the plurality of sweep image data is displayed for each group. The assigned sweep image data is selected and displayed on the image display device.
In this way, when a plurality of information images (data) are grouped into at least two and different swept image data is assigned to each group, the information image data belonging to the same group is moved to that group. When displaying the assigned common sweep image and moving the information image data belonging to different groups, it is possible to display the sweep images assigned differently in units of groups, thereby the image to be moved The number of types of sweep image data stored in the image storage means can be reduced even if the number of images increases.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the plurality of information image data are grouped according to color, and the color of the sweep image is different according to the group.
As described above, the information image data is correlated with the color of the sweep image, so that the movement of the information image can be easily understood.

In the present invention, another display device that displays related information related to the predetermined information image is arranged adjacent to the image display device, and the sweep image moves between the predetermined information image and the related information. It is characterized by doing.
As described above, when another display device is arranged adjacent to the image display device, the sweep image may be displayed between the other display device and the image display device.

Further, the invention is characterized in that the color of the sweep image corresponds to the color of the related information.
As described above, by recognizing the color of the sweep image and the color of the related information, the recognition of the movement of the information image can be enhanced.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the display apparatus for vehicles which can perform the moving display by the moving image of a predetermined | prescribed information image without a feeling of strangeness can be provided, suppressing cost.

1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a vehicle display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The front view which shows the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The figure which shows the correspondence of the 6th information image and sweep image in the embodiment. The front view which shows the display screen of the image display apparatus in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view which shows transition of the display screen of the image display apparatus in the embodiment. The front view of the display apparatus for vehicles in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. The front view which shows transition of the display information of the image display apparatus by another embodiment, and another display apparatus. The front view which shows transition of the display information of the image display apparatus by another embodiment, and another display apparatus. The front view which shows transition of the display information of the image display apparatus by another embodiment, and another display apparatus. The front view which shows transition of the display information of the image display apparatus by another embodiment, and another display apparatus. The front view which shows transition of the display information of the image display apparatus by another embodiment, and another display apparatus. The front view which shows transition of the display information of the image display apparatus by another embodiment, and another display apparatus. The front view which shows transition of the display information of the image display apparatus by another embodiment, and another display apparatus.

<First Embodiment>
The vehicle display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is mounted on a vehicle as, for example, a vehicle meter. In FIG. 1, the vehicle display device according to the present embodiment includes an image display device 10 and the display device 10. And a control unit 20 for displaying an information image including vehicle information on the image display device 10.

  The image display device 10 includes, for example, a TFT (thin film transistor) type liquid crystal panel and a backlight that illuminates the liquid crystal panel. If the vehicle information can be displayed as an image under the control of the control means 20, an EL is provided. Any display panel such as an (electroluminescence) panel or a fluorescent display tube can be used.

  The control unit 20 includes a control unit 21 formed of, for example, a microcomputer, a drawing processing unit 22, and an image storage unit 23.

  The control unit 21 controls the operation of the image display device 10 based on input information to be described later. A CPU (central processing unit) that executes various processes for operating the image display device 10, and processes the CPU. In addition to a ROM (read only memory) for storing necessary programs and data and a RAM (read / write memory) for temporarily storing data necessary for the processing of the CPU, a flash memory, an input / output interface, and the like are provided.

  The control unit 21 has a terminal 21a connected to, for example, a CAN (Controller Area Network) communication line, and input information (vehicle information) through the terminal 21a, for example, vehicle speed information and engine rotation from an in-vehicle ECU (Electronic Control Unit). Number information, remaining fuel information, engine coolant temperature information, travel distance information, and state detection information are input. These pieces of information are arithmetically processed by the control unit 21 and output a control signal for causing the image display device 10 to display an information image corresponding to the arithmetic processing result.

  The drawing processing means 22 is composed of, for example, a graphic controller or a drawing LSI (large-scale integrated circuit), and information image data and sweep image data stored in the image storage means 23 based on the control signal output from the control unit 21. (To be described later) is selected, and an information image and a sweep image to be described later are displayed on the image display device 10 using the selected image data.

  The image storage means 23 is composed of, for example, a graphic memory, and stores information image data 101d to 106d and sweep image data 111d to be displayed on the image display device 10.

  The information image data 101d to 106d is selected based on the calculation processing results of the vehicle speed information, the engine speed information, the fuel remaining amount information, the engine cooling water temperature information, the travel distance information, and the state detection information. Are used to form corresponding first to sixth information images 101 to 106.

  Here, among the first to sixth information images 101 to 106, the first and second information images 101 and 102 indicate the measurement amount (vehicle speed, engine speed) with, for example, a pointer that rotates on the scale plate. The first and second information images 101 and 102 are arranged on the left and right.

  The third information image 103 is an image that is located below the first information image 101 and shows the temperature of engine cold water in a bar graph format.

  The fourth information image 104 is an image that is located below the second information image 102 and shows the remaining amount of fuel in the fuel tank in a bar graph format. The screen background of the image display device 10 is, for example, black, and the display colors of the first to fourth information images 101 to 104 are set to light colors such as white, red, blue, and yellow.

  The fifth information image 105 is an image that digitally displays the travel distance of the vehicle, for example, and is displayed below the middle between the first and second information images 101 and 102.

  The sixth information image 106 is, for example, an alarm notification image for alerting an occupant (alarm) based on vehicle state detection information (a specific example will be described later), or notifying (notification) that the vehicle is in a predetermined state. is there.

  A plurality of the sixth information images 106 (information image data 106d) are prepared according to the type of alarm or notification, and in this embodiment, displayed on the screen of the image display device 10 when an alarm / notification condition described later is satisfied. At the same time, it moves in a predetermined direction when a moving condition described later is satisfied. Then, a predetermined information image that replaces the sweep image 111 during this movement is obtained.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the sixth information image 106 belongs to the first group G1 having a red display color, belongs to the second group G2 having an amber display color, and has a blue color. The sixth information image data 106d forming the sixth indicator image 106 is classified into three types according to those belonging to the third group G3 having the display color, and different image storage means depending on the display color 23 storage areas.

  Similarly, the swept image 111 includes a red swept image 111R corresponding to the first group G1, an amber swept image 111A corresponding to the second group G2, and a blue swept image corresponding to the third group G3. 111B and stored in the image storage means 23 as the swept image data 111d that differs for each color.

  As a specific example, among the sixth information image 106, examples of the alarm notification image belonging to the first group (red) G1 include a seat belt warning mark, a brake warning mark, and an airbag warning mark. Examples of the alarm notification image belonging to the second group (amber color) G2 include ABS warning marks and engine check warning marks. Examples of the alarm notification image belonging to the third group (blue) G3 include high beams. A warning mark is given.

  These alarm notification images are displayed when it is determined that the alarm notification condition is satisfied based on the state detection information input to the control means 20 through the terminal 21a, and the color of each alarm notification image is determined when the movement condition is satisfied. The sweep image 111 having the corresponding color is replaced and moved in a predetermined direction.

  Next, based on FIGS. 3 to 12, a specific example will be described by taking an alarm notification image formed of a seat belt warning mark as an example.

  For example, it is assumed that the engine is in operation and the vehicle is stopped, and the first to fifth information images 101 to 106 are displayed on the image display device 10 (FIG. 3).

  When the vehicle starts from this state, vehicle speed information corresponding to the traveling speed is input to the control unit 21, and a first information image 101 based on the vehicle speed information is displayed (FIG. 4). In this way, when the vehicle speed exceeds the predetermined value and the state detection information indicating that the occupant is not fastened is input, the control means 20 determines that the alarm notification condition is satisfied, and the image display device A sixth information image 106 composed of a red seat belt warning mark is displayed at the approximate center of the 10 screens (between the first and second information images 101 and 102) (FIG. 4). At this time, an alarm sound may be generated by driving a sound generating element such as a buzzer or a speaker.

  If the alarm notification condition continues even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the sixth information image 106 was displayed, the control means 20 determines that the movement condition is satisfied, and the sixth information image 106 Is moved as a moving image from the position of FIG. 4 (through the steps of FIGS. 5 to 11) to the position of FIG.

  Immediately after the start of movement, as shown in FIG. 5, a sixth information image 106 and a swept image 111 that blurs the left outline of the sixth information image 106 are displayed.

  The sweep image 111 has a color or luminance contrast that changes in accordance with the moving direction with respect to black, which is the color of the screen background. The basic color is the same red color as the sixth information image 106, and the sixth information image The closer to 106, the darker the red density, and the further away from the sixth information image 106 in the left direction in the figure, the red density gradually becomes lighter (thus black becomes darker) with gradation. Then, as it proceeds to FIG. 6, it extends like a shadow toward the left side, and in FIG. 7, the sixth information image 106 disappears and only the sweep image 111 is displayed (at this time, the sixth information image 106 is displayed). It completely replaces the swept image 111). At this time, the swept image 111 has a gradation in which the red color at the center is darkest and the red color becomes lighter toward the front and rear in the moving direction. Further, the shape of the sweep image 111 has a shape in which the width is gradually narrowed from the rear side in the moving direction to the head side in the moving direction, and the shape is maintained from FIG. 6 to FIG. 10 (FIG. 11). Is done.

  8 and 9, the sweep image 111 moves so as to cross the right side of the first information image 101, and in FIG. 10, the sixth information image 106 appears again on the leading side in the moving direction of the sweep image 111. Then, the movement ends at the position shown in FIG. In the process of proceeding to FIGS. 8 to 11, the sweep image 111 gradually becomes shorter and disappears in FIG. 12.

  If the alarm condition is maintained even after a predetermined time has elapsed from this movement end state, the sixth information image 106 may be moved to the center of the screen with the sweep image 111 until the alarm condition is released. The movement of the information image 106 can also be performed with the sweep image 111.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the sixth information image 106 includes an alarm notification image including seat belt warning marks belonging to the first group has been described. However, the same applies to other alarm notification images belonging to the first group. is there.

  When the sixth information image 106 belongs to the second group, both the sixth information image 106 and the sweep image 111 are amber, and when the sixth information image 106 belongs to the third group, Both the sixth information image 106 and the swept image 111 are blue. On the other hand, the shape of the sixth information image 106 is different in design shape depending on the type, but the shape and form of the sweep image 111 are the same, and only the color is different in the first to third group units.

  As described above, the present embodiment includes the image display device 10 and the control unit 20 that causes the image display device 10 to display a plurality of information images 101 to 106 based on input information from the vehicle. Among the information images 101 to 106 displayed on the screen background of the image display device 10, when the predetermined information image 106 is displayed as a moving image moving in a predetermined direction, the predetermined information image 106 has a color / luminance contrast. It replaces and displays the sweep image 111 which changes according to the moving direction.

  At this time, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, at the start of movement, the sweep image 111 is given a gradation in which the color on the leading side in the moving direction is light and the color on the rear side in the moving direction is dark, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. At the end of the movement, the sweep image 111 has a gradation in which the color at the top in the movement direction is dark and the color at the rear in the movement direction is light, and the red color at the center of the sweep image 111 is the darkest during movement in FIGS. By giving a gradation that the red color gradually fades toward the beginning and rear of the direction, the movement and direction of movement of the specific image can be expressed by the color / brightness contrast of the swept image 111. High display can be performed.

  In the present embodiment, the sixth information image 106, which is a predetermined information image, is displayed as a plurality of pieces of information image data 106d having different display forms according to the input information. Color image) as a plurality of swept image data 111d (111R, 111A, 111B), which are respectively stored in the image storage means 23, and the control means 20 is grouped into the first group G1 to the third group G3. Information image data 106d to be displayed is selected from the data 106d group according to the input information and displayed on the image display device 10, and the selected and displayed information image data 106d is displayed as a moving image in a predetermined direction. In this case, the groups G1 to G1 are selected from the plurality of sweep image data 111d (111R, 111A, 111B). When the information image 106 is composed of a plurality of different information image data 106d by selecting the swept image data 111d (111R, 111A, 111B) allocated every three and displaying them on the image display device 10, these information images When the information image data belonging to the groups G1 to G3 is moved by grouping (data) 106 and assigning different sweep images 111R, 111A, and 111B to the groups G1 to G3, the group G1 When the common sweep images 111R, 111A, and 111B assigned to G3 are displayed and the information image data 106d belonging to different groups G1 to G3 is moved, the sweeps assigned differently in groups G1 to G3 Display images 111R, 111A, 111B It can be, thereby making it possible to reduce the type of sweep image data 111d to be is stored in the image storage unit 20.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of information image data 106d are grouped according to color, and the swept image 111 has a different color according to the groups G1 to G3, so that the information image data 106d and the swept image 111 are colored. The movement of the information image 106 can be shown in an easy-to-understand manner.

  It should be noted that the criteria for grouping the information image data d106 and the display form pattern (common pattern) of the sweep image 111 assigned in units of groups can be arbitrarily determined.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the first embodiment, the sixth information image 106 is moved as the predetermined information image. In the second embodiment, in addition to the sixth information image 106, the first information image 101 and the first information image 101 are moved. 2 shows an example in which two information images 102 are moved. The first information image 101 and the second information image 102 move when displaying the seventh information image 107 including the preceding vehicle tracking information detected by the onboard radar as a predetermined information image.

  14 is a display screen before traveling, FIG. 15 is a display screen during traveling, and the display contents are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  When the preceding vehicle tracking system is activated by the driver's operation during the travel of FIG. 15, the control means 20 determines that the movement condition is satisfied, and starts the process of changing the screen layout to display the preceding vehicle tracking information 107. First, the sweep image 111 is displayed on each of the left side of the first information image 101 and the right side of the second information image 102.

  The swept image 111 has a color or luminance contrast that changes according to the moving direction (left and right in the figure) with respect to black as the color of the screen background, and the basic color is the first and second information images 101, 101, 102 (the outer ring color) is the same silver color, and the density of the silver color is deeper toward the rear side in the moving direction closer to the first and second information images 101 and 102, and away from the first and second information images 101 and 102. The image is accompanied by a gradation in which the density of the silver color gradually decreases (thus black becomes darker) toward the head in the moving direction.

  When proceeding to the next FIG. 16 from this state, the contrast of the first and second information images 101 and 102 and the sweep image 111 with respect to the screen background is temporarily changed (compared to FIG. 15), and the process proceeds to the next FIG. Then, the first and second information images 101 and 102 are deleted, and only the sweep image 111 is displayed.

  The sweep image 111 at this time is an image with a gradation in which the density of the silver color is darker toward the head in the movement direction and the density of the silver color is lower toward the back in the movement direction, and is higher than the sweep image displayed in FIG. The size in the left-right direction is large.

  In FIG. 18, the sweep image 111 further moves outward. In FIG. 19, the first and second information images 101 and 102 and the preceding vehicle tracking information 107 are displayed in a space vacated by the movement and the sweep image 111 is displayed. Are displayed in a reduced size than in the case of FIG.

  In the steps from FIG. 19 to FIG. 21, the contrast of the first and second information images 101 and 102 and the preceding vehicle tracking information 107 with respect to the screen background is gradually changed to be higher. In FIG. The moving process of the images 101 and 102 and the display process of the preceding vehicle tracking information 107 are terminated.

  The information image 106 includes a plurality of different information image data 106d, and the information images (data) 106 are grouped and assigned different sweep images 111R, 111A, and 111B according to the groups G1 to G3. In this embodiment, first and second information images 101 and 102, both of which are pointer-type instrument images, are added as information image groups, and silver is added to these pointer-type instrument image groups. A swept image 111 based on color is assigned.

  According to the second embodiment configured as described above, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be expected.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The vehicle display device according to the present embodiment is provided with the same image display device 10 as that used in the first and second embodiments between the pointer-type substantial instruments 3 and 4 including a pointer and a display board. The space between the image display device 10 and the physical instruments 3 and 4 is covered with a panel body 5 made of, for example, a synthetic resin, and a light emitting display ( Another indicator) 6 is provided.

  The light-emitting display 6 includes a plurality of types of warning marks 61a to 61g formed by printing on the panel body 5, a light source (not shown) provided behind the warning marks 61a to 61g, these light sources and each warning mark. A case (not shown) for partitioning 61a to 61g is provided. In this case, each of the warning marks 61a to 61g is related to the information image 106, the warning marks 61a to 61g are only warning marks, and the information image 106 is the corresponding warning mark and detailed information (for example, character information).

  For example, when the control unit 20 inputs information including an engine check warning as the state detection information, the control unit 20 determines that the alarm notification condition is satisfied, and the engine display warning mark is displayed on the image display device 10 as shown in FIG. The information image 106 consisting of and the character information related to it are displayed.

  If the alarm notification condition continues even after a predetermined time has elapsed from this state, as shown in FIGS. 23 to 29, the information image 106 is displayed on the display 6 corresponding to the information (the information including the engine check warning mark). A moving process for moving to the warning mark 61a side (same meaning as the image 106) is executed.

  The sweep image 111 in the movement process of FIGS. 23 to 29 is the same as that of the first embodiment, but the information image 106 is not displayed at the end of the movement of FIG. 29, and instead a warning mark 61a emits light.

  The same applies to the case of the information image 106 other than the engine check warning mark. The information image 106 moves to the corresponding warning mark 61b to 61g side, and the warning marks 61b to 61g emit light instead of the information image 106.

  Also in the present embodiment, the information image 106 and the warning marks 61a to 61g, which are related information, are grouped on the basis of color, and the color sweep image 111 corresponding to each group is displayed.

  If the alarm notification condition continues even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the end of the movement in FIG. 29, the information image 106 may be moved to the original position, for example, to call attention.

3, 4 Substantial instrument 5 Panel body 6 Luminescent display (other display)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Image display apparatus 20 Control means 21 Control part 22 Drawing process means 23 Image storage means 21a Terminal 61a-61g Warning mark 101d-106d 1st-6th information image data 111d Sweep image data 101-106 1st-6th Information image 111R Sweep image 111A Sweep image 111B Sweep image G1 First group G2 Second group G3 Third group

Claims (4)

An image display device; and control means for causing the image display device to display a plurality of information images based on input information from a vehicle, wherein the control means is the information displayed on a screen background of the image display device. In the vehicular display device that displays a predetermined information image as a moving image moving in a predetermined direction by replacing the predetermined information image with a swept image whose color / luminance contrast changes in accordance with the moving direction. A predetermined information image is stored in the image storage means as a plurality of information image data having a different display form in accordance with the input information, and a plurality of sweep image data in which the sweep image has a different display form, and the control means The information image data to be displayed according to the input information from the information image data group divided into at least two groups. When the information image data selected and displayed is displayed as a moving image moving in a predetermined direction, the image data is assigned to each group from the plurality of sweep image data. The sweep image data is selected and displayed on the image display device. The vehicle display device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of information image data are grouped according to color, and the color of the sweep image is different according to the group. Another display device that displays related information related to the predetermined information image is disposed adjacent to the image display device, and the sweep image moves between the predetermined information image and the related information. The vehicle display device according to claim 1. The vehicle display device according to claim 4, wherein a color of the sweep image corresponds to a color of the related information.

Images