Vehicle control system, vehicle control method and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11364930-B2
Application number	US-201716616508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2017
Priority date	Jun 2, 2017
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle control system includes a display and a display controller configured to cause the display to display an image related to a state of a vehicle and perform control for switching display details to be displayed on the display when a predetermined event has occurred in the vehicle before driving assistance of the vehicle is started.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle control system comprising:
a display;
a display controller configured to cause the display to display an image related to a state of a vehicle and perform control for switching display details to be displayed on the display when a predetermined event has occurred in the vehicle before driving assistance of the vehicle is started;
an operator including a first switch and second switch configured to receive an operation from an occupant of the vehicle; and
an external environment recognizer configured to recognize at least one of another vehicle near the vehicle, an obstacle, and a road shape,
wherein the display controller displays an image on the display section that includes the results of the object recognition processing by the external environment recognizer that is performed before the driving assistance is executed when the selection operation of the first switch by the occupant is accepted as the predetermined event,
wherein the display controller displays an image on the display that includes information indicating that the driving assistance is being performed, when the selection operation of the second switch by the occupant is accepted after the selection operation of the first switch is accepted or after the object recognition processing by the external environment recognizer is started, an image including information indicating that the driving support is being executed is displayed on the display section.

2. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller causes an image showing a road shape in front of the vehicle and an image showing a future trajectory of the vehicle to be displayed as the information about the driving assistance on the display when the vehicle is executing the driving assistance.

3. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller causes an image showing each of a plurality of types of driving assistance having different degrees of driving assistance to be displayed on the display.

4. The vehicle control system according to claim 3 , wherein the display controller causes an image showing a degree of driving assistance which is being executed among the plurality of types of driving assistance having the different degrees of driving assistance to be displayed on the display when the driving assistance of the vehicle has been executed.

5. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller switches the entire screen displayed on the display when the predetermined event has occurred before the driving assistance of the vehicle is started.

6. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller returns the switched display details when the predetermined event has occurred to display details before switching if the driving assistance has ended.

7. A vehicle control method comprising:
displaying, by an in-vehicle computer, an image related to a state of a vehicle on a display;
switching, by the in-vehicle computer, display details to be displayed on the display when a predetermined event has occurred in the vehicle before driving assistance of the vehicle is started;
recognizing, by the in-vehicle computer, at least one of another vehicle near the vehicle, an obstacle, and a road shape;
displaying, by the in-vehicle computer, an image on the display section that includes the results of the object recognition processing that is performed before the driving assistance is executed when the selection operation of a first switch by the occupant is accepted as the predetermined event; and
displaying, by the in-vehicle computer, an image on the display that includes information indicating that the driving assistance is being performed, when the selection operation of a second switch by the occupant is accepted after the selection operation of the first switch is accepted or after the object recognition processing is started, an image including information indicating that the driving support is being executed is displayed on the display section.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a vehicle control system to:
display an image related to a state of a vehicle on a display;
switch display details to be displayed on the display when a predetermined event has occurred in the vehicle before driving assistance of the vehicle is started;
recognize at least one of another vehicle near the vehicle, an obstacle, and a road shape;
display an image on the display section that includes the results of the object recognition processing that is performed before the driving assistance is executed when the selection operation of a first switch by the occupant is accepted as the predetermined event; and
display an image on the display that includes information indicating that the driving assistance is being performed, when the selection operation of a second switch by the occupant is accepted after the selection operation of the first switch is accepted or after the object recognition processing is started, an image including information indicating that the driving support is being executed is displayed on the display section.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kubota Masatoshi
• Oniwa Yoshihiro
• YOSHIDA Mineyuki
• Ouchi Yuko
• KUBOTA Fue
• Kaji Toshiyuki
• Mimura Yoshitaka
• Takahashi Masayuki
• Takano Hironori

Classifications

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/28

  characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60W2710/20

  Steering systems · CPC title

• B60W30/18163

  Lane change; Overtaking manoeuvres · CPC title