Information display device mounted in vehicle including detector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10452930-B2
Application number	US-201615337593-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2016
Priority date	Nov 6, 2015
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

An information display device mounted in a vehicle, the vehicle including a detector detecting an object around the vehicle, the information display device includes a display configured to display a vehicle object corresponding to the vehicle, and a display region disposed on a side of the vehicle in a first direction, the first direction extending from the vehicle object, the first direction corresponding to a second direction extending from the vehicle, the display region having a constant size and a constant shape and at least one electronic control unit configured to calculate a risk degree indicating information of the risk of an object around the vehicle and the vehicle approaching each other in the second direction based on a detection result of the detector, and change an appearance of the display region based on a magnitude of the risk degree.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information display device which displays an image on an on-vehicle display mounted in a vehicle, the vehicle including a detector detecting an object around the vehicle, the information display device comprising:
the on-vehicle display configured to display a vehicle object corresponding to the vehicle in plan view, a front display region of the vehicle object corresponding to a region in front of the vehicle, a rear display region of the vehicle object corresponding to a region behind the vehicle, a left display region of the vehicle object corresponding to a region left to the vehicle, a right display region of the vehicle object corresponding to a region right to the vehicle, and a circular circle object surrounding the vehicle object and being disposed to cross the front display region, the rear display region, the left display region, and the right display region; and
at least one electronic control unit programmed to:
display the vehicle object, the front display region, the rear display region, the left display region, the right display region, and the circle object on the on-vehicle display,
calculate a risk degree indicating the risk of an object around the vehicle and the vehicle approaching each other based on a detection result of the detector for each of the front display region, the rear display region, the left display region, and the right display region,
determine display colors of the front display region, the rear display region, the left display region, and the right display region based on the risk degree,
display the front display region, the rear display region, the left display region, and the right display region in the display colors at least inside of the circle object,
acquire traveling direction information indicating a lane change direction or a right or left turn direction of the vehicle during automatic driving control from an automatic driving system performing automatic driving control on the vehicle; and
display a direction object, representing the lane change direction or the right or left turn direction of the vehicle, in the left display region or the right display region inside of the circle object that corresponds to the lane change direction or the right or left turn direction of the vehicle, based on the traveling direction information acquired from the automatic driving system, wherein a center of the vehicle object is positioned at a center of the inside of the circle object, wherein graduations are marked on the circle object at regular intervals.

2. The information display device according to claim 1 , wherein the on-vehicle display is configured to display a radiation object which extends outward from the vehicle object and divides the circle object into the front display region, the rear display region, the left display region, and the right display region.

3. The information display device according to claim 2 , wherein the radiation object has one end disposed outside the circle object and the other end disposed inside the circle object.

4. The information display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display color is a same color in a same display region.

5. The information display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display color is determined such that a case where the risk degree is the smallest is associated with blue and a case where the risk degree is the greatest is associated with red.

6. The information display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one electronic control unit is further programmed to:
output a signal for controlling traveling of the vehicle based on the traveling direction information, and
control the traveling of the vehicle by sending the signal to an actuator of the vehicle.

7. The information display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the on-vehicle display is a head-up display or a liquid crystal display.

8. The information display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detector is a laser imaging detection and ranging, a radar, or a camera sensor.

9. The information display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the left display region and the right display region is larger than the front display region.

10. The information display device according to claim 1 , wherein the direction object overlaps with the display color in the left display region or the right display region.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Jun

Classifications

• G01C21/3602 Primary

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• G06V20/58

  Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads · CPC title

• G01C21/3658

  Lane guidance · CPC title

• B60R2300/304

  using merged images, e.g. merging camera image with stored images · CPC title

• B60R2300/607

  from a bird's eye viewpoint · CPC title