Vehicle, display method, and non-transitory computer storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12084078-B2
Application number	US-202117360352-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2021
Priority date	Jun 30, 2020
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

A vehicle reducing unease of a driver during driver assistance, provided with a display device configured to display a surrounding vehicle together with a host vehicle at a relative position calculated by an object recognition device, display a mark showing that a lane change is planned to be performed at a predetermined space for performing a lane change in a destination driving lane which is a destination for a lane change when an automatic lane change is planned to be performed, and make a position of the mark change in accordance with the relative position of the surrounding vehicle when there is a surrounding vehicle present having an effect on a lane change in the destination driving lane.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A host vehicle configured to be able to automatically change lanes, the host vehicle comprising:
an object recognition device, comprising a first processor, configured to:
recognize a surrounding vehicle present around the host vehicle; and
calculate a relative position of the surrounding vehicle with respect to the host vehicle; and

a display device, comprising a second processor, configured to display information to be provided to an occupant of the host vehicle,
wherein the display device is further configured to:
display the surrounding vehicle at the relative position calculated by the object recognition device along with the host vehicle;
display a mark, at a side of the host vehicle, showing that a lane change is planned to be performed at a predetermined space in a destination driving lane and that the surrounding vehicle is having an effect on the lane change at the destination driving lane, the destination driving lane being a destination of the lane change that is planned to be performed by the host vehicle;
make a position of the mark change in accordance with the relative position of the surrounding vehicle with respect to the host vehicle when the surrounding vehicle is having the effect on the lane change at the destination driving lane, and
when the surrounding vehicle is having the effect on the lane change in the destination driving lane, and the surrounding vehicle is located behind a rear end of the host vehicle outside of a range of display of the display device, display the mark aligned with the rear end of the host vehicle and superimposed on the destination driving lane.

2. The host vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is further configured to:
when the surrounding vehicle is having the effect on the lane change in the destination driving lane and the surrounding vehicle is present in the range of display of the display device, the display device makes the predetermined space a space behind the surrounding vehicle.

3. The host vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is further configured to:
display the mark in a first display mode, when waiting to perform the lane change; and
display the mark in a second display mode, when performing the lane change,
wherein the first display mode is different from the second display mode.

4. A display method for displaying information to be provided to an occupant of a host vehicle on an information display screen, the display method comprising:
displaying a surrounding vehicle present around the host vehicle together with the host vehicle,
displaying a mark, at a side of the host vehicle, showing that a lane change is planned to be performed at a predetermined space in a destination driving lane and that the surrounding vehicle is having an effect on the lane change at the destination driving lane, the destination driving lane being a destination of the lane change that is planned to be performed by the host vehicle,
making a position of the mark change in accordance with a relative position of the surrounding vehicle with respect to the host vehicle when the surrounding vehicle is having the effect on the lane change at the destination driving lane, and
when the surrounding vehicle is having the effect on the lane change in the destination driving lane, and the surrounding vehicle is located behind a rear end of the host vehicle outside of a range of display of the information display screen, displaying the mark aligned with the rear end of the host vehicle and superimposed on the destination driving lane.

5. A non-transitory computer storage medium storing a computer-executable program for displaying information to be provided to an occupant of a host vehicle, that when executed by at least one processor of the host vehicle, causes the host vehicle to:
display a surrounding vehicle present around the host vehicle together with the host vehicle on an information display screen of the host vehicle,
display a mark, at a side of the host vehicle, showing that a lane change is planned to be performed at a predetermined space in a destination driving lane and that the surrounding vehicle is having an effect on the lane change at the destination driving lane, the destination driving lane being a destination of the lane change that is planned to be performed by the host vehicle,
make a position of the mark change in accordance with a relative position of the surrounding vehicle with respect to the host vehicle when the surrounding vehicle is having the effect on the lane change at the destination driving lane, and
when the surrounding vehicle is having the effect on the lane change in the destination driving lane, and the surrounding vehicle is located behind a rear end of the host vehicle outside of a range of display of the information display screen, display the mark aligned with the rear end of the host vehicle and superimposed on the destination driving lane.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kimura Koji
• Takabatake Satoaki
• Miyazaki Junji
• Yoshida Yuki
• Ogata Ryo
• Morishita Tadashi
• Toyoura Takamitsu
• Kinoshita Atsuki
• Mori Yuki

Classifications

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/28 Primary

  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

• B60K2360/1868

  according to driving situations · CPC title

• 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