Display control device for a vehicle, display method, program, and display system for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12024015-B2
Application number	US-202117384978-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2021
Priority date	Aug 31, 2020
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

A display control device for a vehicle includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory. The processor is configured to display an object display and a lane display at a display section provided in a cabin of the vehicle. The object display depicts an object located in front of the vehicle, the lane display depicts a lane extending in front of the vehicle, and the object display and lane display are each displayed as a view thereof from the side of the object at which the vehicle is disposed. The processor is also configured to, in accordance with a distance between the object and the vehicle, alter a display ratio of the object display relative to a width of the lane display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display control device for a vehicle, the display control device comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory,
wherein the processor is configured to:
display an object display and a lane display at a display section provided in a cabin of the vehicle, the object display depicting an object located on at least one lane extending in front of the vehicle, the lane display depicting the at least one lane extending in front of the vehicle, the object display and the lane display each being displayed as a view thereof from a side of the object at which the vehicle is disposed;
display the lane display so that a width of the lane display becomes narrower as a distance in front of the vehicle increases,
change a display position of the object display along the lane display according to a distance between the object and the vehicle so that the display position of the object display moves toward a narrower end of the lane display as the distance between the object and the vehicle increases,
decrease a size of the object display as the distance between the object and the vehicle increases, and
increase a display ratio of the object display relative to the width of the lane display at the display position of the object display as the distance between the object and the vehicle increases so that as the distance between the object and the vehicle increases, the object display occupies a larger percentage of the width of the lane display.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to lower the display ratio of the object display relative to the width of the lane display as the distance between the object and the vehicle decreases when the distance between the object and the vehicle is less than a first distance.

3. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to fix the display ratio of the object display when the distance between the object and the vehicle is at least the first distance and less than a second distance, the second distance being longer than the first distance.

4. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to, when the distance between the object and the vehicle is at least the first distance and less than the second distance, raise a transparency level of the object display in association with increasing of the distance between the object and the vehicle.

5. The display control device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to delete the object display from the display section when the distance between the object and the vehicle is at least the second distance.

6. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to, when the distance between the vehicle and the object is less than a third distance, the third distance being less than the first distance, raise the display ratio of the object display in association with decreasing of the distance between the object and the vehicle.

7. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to lower the display ratio as the distance between the object and the vehicle decreases so that the object display is displayed at the display section inside the lane display at a position that does not overlap with the lane display.

8. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to display the object display, at the display section, superposed with a route display that displays an intended running route of the vehicle.

9. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to fix the display ratio of the object display when the vehicle is conducting a lane change or lane change preparation.

10. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
display a front end display at a lower portion of a display region of the display section, the front end display depicting a position of a front end portion of the vehicle, and
display the lane display and the object display at a vehicle upper side of the front end display.

11. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the display section is provided to a vehicle front side of a driver seat, and the display section is a projection screen at a vehicle upper side of an instrument panel, the projection screen being projected onto by a head-up display device.

12. A display system for a vehicle, the display system comprising:
the display control device according to claim 1 ; and
a display device including the display section.

13. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the object located in front of the vehicle is a preceding vehicle located in front of the vehicle.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a program executable by a computer to perform processing comprising:
displaying an object display and a lane display at a display section provided in a cabin of a vehicle, the object display depicting an object located on at least one lane extending in front of the vehicle, the lane display depicting the at least one lane extending in front of the vehicle, the object display and the lane display each being displayed as a view thereof from a side of the object at which the vehicle is disposed;
displaying the lane display so that a width of the lane display becomes narrower as a distance in front of the vehicle increases;
changing a display position of the object display along the lane display according to a distance between the object and the vehicle so that the display position of the object display moves toward a narrower end of the lane display as the distance between the object and the vehicle increases;
decreasing a size of the object display as the distance between the object and the vehicle increases; and
increasing a display ratio of the object display relative to the width of the lane display at the display position of the object display as the distance between the object and the vehicle increases so that as the distance between the object and the vehicle increases, the object display occupies a larger percentage of the width of the lane display.

15. A display control device for a vehicle, the display control device comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory,
wherein the processor is configured to:
display an object display and a lane display at a display section provided in a cabin of the vehicle, the object display depicting an object located on at least one lane extending in front of the vehicle, the lane display depicting the at least one lane extending in front of the vehicle, the object display and the lane display each being displayed as a view thereof from a side of the object at which the vehicle is disposed;
lower a display ratio of the object display relative to a width of the lane display in association with shortening of a distance between the object and the vehicle when the distance between the object and the vehicle is less than a first distance, and
fix the display ratio of the object display when the distance between the object and the vehicle is at least the first distance and less than a second distance, the second distance being longer than the first distance.

16. The display control device according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to, when the distance between the object and the vehicle is at least the first distance and less than the second distance, raise a transparency level of the object display in association with

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• B60K35/23

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

• B60K35/00 Primary

  Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/231

  characterised by their arrangement or structure for integration into vehicles · 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