Onboard display control device, onboard display device, display control method, and display control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11801853-B2
Application number	US-202117394746-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2021
Priority date	Aug 31, 2020
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

Abstract

An onboard display device is installed in a vehicle configured to enable autonomous driving. The onboard display device includes an information acquisition section and a display control section. In a case in which the vehicle attempts to merge from a traveling lane into a merging destination lane during autonomous driving, the information acquisition section acquires information regarding a point at which the attempt will be aborted, before the vehicle arrives at the point. The display control section displays the information regarding the point that is acquired by the information acquisition section, before the arrival at the point. at a display portion that is provided within a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An onboard display control device that is installed in a vehicle configured to enable autonomous driving, the device comprising:
an information acquisition section that is configured to, in a case in which the vehicle attempts to merge from a traveling lane into a merging destination lane during autonomous driving, acquire information regarding a point at which the attempt will be aborted, before the vehicle arrives at the point; and
a display control section that is configured to display the point at which the merging attempt will be aborted, before arrival at the point, at a display portion that is provided within a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.

2. The onboard display control device of claim 1 , wherein:
the information acquisition section is configured to acquire information regarding the traveling lane, and
on the basis of the information acquired by the information acquisition section, the display control section displays, at the display portion, an image in which an image of the traveling lane and an image of the point are combined.

3. The onboard display control device of claim 2 , wherein the display control section displays, at the display portion, an image of a fixed segment that is established in the traveling lane and that has the point as a starting point.

4. The onboard display control device of claim 3 , wherein the fixed segment includes a driving hand-over request segment in which at least one of steering or acceleration of the vehicle is controlled by the vehicle, and in which an occupant of the vehicle is urged to intervene in driving operation.

5. The onboard display control device of claim 3 , wherein the fixed segment includes a braking segment in which the vehicle is automatically stopped in a case in which an occupant of the vehicle does not intervene in driving operation.

6. The onboard display control device of claim 3 , wherein the display control section displays the fixed segment as a belt-shaped image at the display portion.

7. The onboard display control device of claim 3 , wherein the display control section displays, at the display portion, an image of the fixed segment in forms that differ for a plurality of stages in accordance with a deferment time until the vehicle is stopped automatically in a case in which an occupant of the vehicle does not intervene in driving operation.

8. The onboard display control device of claim 3 , wherein the display control section displays, at the display portion, an image of the fixed segment in forms that differ for a plurality of stages in correspondence with a change in control of the autonomous driving that is carried out in a case in which an occupant of the vehicle does not intervene in driving operation.

9. The onboard display control device of claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which the vehicle arrives at the point, the display control section displays, at the display portion, a driving hand-over request image for urging an occupant of the vehicle to intervene in driving operation.

10. The onboard display control device of claim 1 , wherein the display portion includes a head-up display that displays an image so as to overlap a front view that an occupant of the vehicle sees through a windshield.

11. The onboard display control device of claim 1 , wherein the display portion includes a meter display that is provided at an instrument panel of the vehicle.

12. The onboard display control device of claim 1 , wherein the display control section displays the vehicle and a periphery thereof at the display portion as an image that models a state in which the vehicle and the periphery thereof are seen from an obliquely rear upper side of the vehicle.

13. An onboard display device that is installed in a vehicle configured to enable autonomous driving, the device comprising:
a display portion that is provided within a vehicle cabin of the vehicle; and
the onboard display control device of claim 1 .

14. A display control method that is executed by a processor that is installed in a vehicle configured to enable autonomous driving, the method comprising:
in a case in which the vehicle attempts to merge from a traveling lane into a merging destination lane during autonomous driving, acquiring information regarding a point at which the attempt will be aborted, before the vehicle arrives at the point; and
displaying the point at which the merging attempt will be aborted, before arrival at the point, at a display portion that is provided within a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising readable code executable by one or more process installed in a vehicle configured to enable autonomous driving, the program comprising:
in a case in which the vehicle attempts to merge from a traveling lane into a merging destination lane during autonomous driving, acquiring information regarding a point at which the attempt will be aborted, before the vehicle arrives at the point; and
displaying the point at which the merging attempt will be aborted, before arrival at the point, at a display portion that is provided within a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takabatake Satoaki
• Miyazaki Junji
• Kimura Koji
• Yoshida Yuki
• Ogata Ryo
• Morishita Tadashi

Classifications

• B60K35/29

  Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions · 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

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/22 Primary

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/23

  Head-up displays [HUD] (optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01) · CPC title