Patent ID: 8018354
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: B60K,G02B

Abstract:
1. An onboard display device comprising: a pickup unit that picks up nighttime environment to acquire a nightview image; a display that displays the nightview image together with a map image; and a display control unit that displays an information-providing image that is different from the map image and the nightview image on the display and controls a display of the map image and the nightview image, when the information-providing image has to be displayed in a state in which the map image and the nightview image are displayed on the display, wherein the display control unit displays the information-providing image and the nightview image, without displaying the map image, when an image of an obstacle that has to draw attention is included in the nightview image and the information-providing image has to be displayed on the display, and the display control unit displays the information-providing image and the map image, without displaying the nightview image, when the image of the obstacle that has to draw attention is not included in the nightview image and the information-providing image has to be displayed on the display.