Patent ID: 8743296
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: B60K,G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An on-vehicle display apparatus comprising: a display to display an image; a reflector rotatably supported and capable of reflecting the image displayed in the display toward a driver seating on a driver's seat in a vehicle; a rotation device to rotate the reflector in a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction; a manual operation device capable of manually operating the rotation device; an automatic operation device capable of automatically operating the rotation device; a controller configured to control the rotation device based on an input from the manual operation device or the automatic operation device; and a memory to store a rotation position of the reflector, wherein the manual operation device is capable of, during manual operation thereof, causing the rotation device to operate the reflector in the first rotation direction and the second rotation direction, wherein the memory stores, in association with the stored rotation position, a manual rotation direction of the reflector used to rotate to the stored rotation position immediately prior to storage of the stored rotation position based on the input from the manual operation device, wherein, when the controller causes, based on an input from the automatic operation device, the rotation device to rotate the reflector and to stop the reflector at the stored rotation position, the controller causes the rotation device to rotate the reflector in the stored manual rotation direction, wherein, if the first rotation direction input from the automatic operation device matches the stored manual rotation direction, the controller controls the rotation device to rotate the reflector in the first rotation direction and to stop the reflector when the reflector reaches the stored rotation position, and wherein, if the first rotation direction input from the automatic operation device does not match the stored manual rotation direction, the controller controls the rotation device to rotate in the first rotation direction until the reflector passes through the stored rotation position, and then controls the rotation device to rotate the reflector in the second rotation direction and to stop the reflector when the reflector reaches the stored rotation position.