Patent ID: 8847743
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B60K,B60Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus adapted to be mounted on a vehicle and configured to display a series of images related to the vehicle in such a manner that a user views a design in the series of images in three dimensions, each of the series of images being formed as a combination of a left image visible by a left eye of the user and a right image visible by a right eye of the user, the display apparatus comprising: a display section having a screen and configured to display the left image and the right image on the screen so that the user views the design at a position away from the screen by a predetermined imaginary distance in a direction perpendicular to the screen; an estimation section configured to estimate whether a movement of a line of sight of the user to the screen from a region outside the screen occurs; and a controller configured to gradually increase the imaginary distance when the estimation section estimates that the movement occurs, wherein the display section displays an information image indicative of information related to the vehicle after displaying the series of images, and the design overlays on the information image in such a manner that the increased imaginary distance is kept.