Patent ID: 8049609

Claim:
An in-vehicle display device comprising: an obstacle detecting unit configured to detect an obstacle in a traveling direction of the vehicle; a display unit provided on a surface of an instrument panel of a vehicle, opposed to a windshield of the vehicle, and configured to selectably indicate a plurality of information dots in a row or in a rectangular array on the windshield such that the plurality of information dots are indicated near a real image of the obstacle or superposed on the real image of the obstacle on the windshield of the vehicle; a target information acquisition unit configured to obtain target information that a driver of the vehicle is to be informed of, the target information being indicative of a size, distance, and position of the obstacle detected by the obstacle detecting unit; and a display control unit configured to control the display unit and make the display unit selectably indicate at least one of the information dots that corresponds to the target information obtained by the target information acquisition unit, the number and position of the information dots indicated being determined in dependence upon size, distance, and position of the obstacle detected by the obstacle detecting unit.