Control device, moving body and computer-readable storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11884152-B2
Application number	US-202117190420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2021
Priority date	Mar 19, 2020
Publication date	Jan 30, 2024
Grant date	Jan 30, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a control device configured to control an instrument configured to indicate a state of a moving body. The control device comprises a braking information acquisition unit configured to acquire braking information about a braking force of a braking unit configured to brake the moving body, and a display control unit configured to control display of the instrument, based on the braking information acquired by the braking information acquisition unit. The braking information includes at least one of (i) first braking information, which indicates a present setting, of a plurality of settings relating to the braking force of the braking unit and (ii) second braking information indicative of a present value of the braking force of the braking unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device configured to control an instrument configured to indicate a state of a moving body,
the moving body including:
a braking unit configured to brake the moving body;
an input unit configured to receive a user's instruction or operation on the moving body;
an electricity storage unit configured to store electric energy; and
a drive unit configured to drive the moving body by using at least charging and discharging of the electricity storage unit,

the control device comprising:
a braking information acquisition unit configured to acquire braking information about a braking force of the braking unit;
a display control unit configured to control display of the instrument, based on the braking information acquired by the braking information acquisition unit;
an input information acquisition unit configured to acquire input information indicative of the user's instruction or operation received by the input unit; and
a drive information acquisition unit configured to acquire drive information including information about a regenerative energy amount of the drive unit, wherein

the braking information includes at least one of (i) first braking information indicative of a present setting of a plurality of settings relating to the braking force of the braking unit and/or (ii) second braking information indicative of a present value of the braking force of the braking unit,
the instrument has:
a first object having a line shape or band shape that is continuously visually recognized, and
a braking object indicative of a present value of a braking index that is an index relating to the braking force of the braking unit,

a partial region on the first object is formed with a braking region in which the present value of the braking index is indicated by a position on the partial region,
in the braking region, a plurality of marks each corresponding to each of a plurality of settings relating to the braking force of the braking unit is arranged in the vicinity of positions each corresponding to each of the plurality of settings,
the display control unit is configured to control display of the braking object, based on at least one of (i) the present setting relating to the braking force indicated by the first braking information and/or (ii) the present value of the braking force indicated by the second braking information, and
the display control unit is further configured to, based on the input information, display, on the first object, a regeneration region in which a present value of a regeneration index that is an index relating to the regenerative energy amount is indicated, instead of the braking region.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein when the braking information acquisition unit acquires the braking information including the first braking information, the display control unit controls display of at least one of the plurality of marks so that (i) at least one of a color, a pattern, a shape and/or a magnitude of a mark, which corresponds to the present setting relating to the braking force indicated by the first braking information, of the plurality of marks and (ii) at least one of a color, a pattern, a shape and/or a magnitude of a mark, which corresponds to at least one setting other than the present setting relating to the braking force indicated by the first braking information, of the plurality of marks are different from each other.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a setting specifying unit configured to specify one or more settings that a user is not permitted to select, based on the present setting relating to the braking force indicated by the first braking information, wherein
the display control unit is configured to control display of at least one of the plurality of marks so that (i) at least one of a color, a pattern, a shape and/or a magnitude of a mark, which corresponds to the one or more settings specified by the setting specifying unit, of the plurality of marks and (ii) at least one of a color, a pattern, a shape and/or a magnitude of a mark, which corresponds to at least one setting other than the one or more settings specified by the setting specifying unit, of the plurality of marks are different from each other.

4. The control device according to claim 2 , further comprising a setting specifying unit configured to specify one or more settings that a user is not permitted to select, based on the present setting relating to the braking force indicated by the first braking information, wherein
the display control unit is configured to control display of at least one of the plurality of marks so that (i) at least one of a color, a pattern, a shape and/or a magnitude of a mark, which corresponds to the one or more settings specified by the setting specifying unit, of the plurality of marks and (ii) at least one of a color, a pattern, a shape and/or a magnitude of a mark, which corresponds to at least one setting other than the one or more settings specified by the setting specifying unit, of the plurality of marks are different from each other.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the braking object indicates a level of the braking force by a length of the braking object, and
when the braking information acquisition unit acquires the braking information including the first braking information, the display control unit controls display of the braking object so that a length of the braking object becomes a length corresponding to the present setting relating to the braking force indicated by the first braking information.

6. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the braking object indicates a level of the braking force by a length of the braking object, and
when the braking information acquisition unit acquires the braking information including the first braking information, the display control unit controls display of the braking object so that a length of the braking object becomes a length corresponding to the present setting relating to the braking force indicated by the first braking information.

7. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the braking object indicates a level of the braking force by a length of the braking object, and
when the braking information acquisition unit acquires the braking information including the first braking information, the display control unit controls display of the braking object so that a length of the braking object becomes a length corresponding to the present setting relating to the braking force indicated by the first braking information.

8. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
when the braking information acquisition unit acquires the braking information including the second braking information, the display control unit controls display of the braking object so that a length of the braking object becomes a length corresponding to the present value of the braking force indicated by the second braking information.

9. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein
when the braking information acquisition unit acquires the braking information including the second braking information, the display control unit controls display of the braking object so that a length of the braking object becomes a length corresponding to the present value of the braking force indicated by the second braking information.

10. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein
when the braking information acquisition unit acquires the braking information including the second braking information, the display control unit controls display of the braking object so that a length of the braking object becomes a length corres

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saito Kazuhiro
• Yui Naoki
• Ohshima Satoshi
• Iwata Takuya

Classifications

• B60T17/22 Primary

  Devices for monitoring or checking brake systems; Signal devices · CPC title

• B60K35/81

  for controlling displays · 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

• B60K37/20

  Dashboard panels · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title