Patent ID: 8970451
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B60K,B60R,G02B,G06F,G06T,G08G

Abstract:
1. A visual guidance system comprising: an image display to present an overlaid on a windshield in front of a driver of a vehicle; a processor to output image information on a virtual line for displaying visual guidance to the image display; and a steering input detector to detect a steering input, wherein the processor presents an attention attracting indication about an object outside of the vehicle in synchronization with the virtual line in such a manner that the virtual line extends from above the driver along a course of the vehicle seen within the windshield, and a pointing end of the virtual line is overlaid on a road surface on the course seen within the windshield; and the processor outputs image information for changing the attention attracting indication to be less conspicuous than the virtual line in accordance with a steering input signal given by the steering input detector.