Vehicle display device, vehicle, display processing method, and computer-readable storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12175151-B2
Application number	US-202217941470-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2022
Priority date	Sep 28, 2021
Publication date	Dec 24, 2024
Grant date	Dec 24, 2024

Abstract

A vehicle display device includes: a display section that is provided inside a vehicle cabin and that includes, at a display area, a specific display region that displays plural plans scheduled to be implemented with respect to a vehicle, arranged in an order in which the plural plans are scheduled to be implemented; and a control section configured to cause display of, between a first plan, which is one plan among the plural plans, and a second plan, which is scheduled to be implemented next after the first plan, at the specific display region, an alternative plan that has a possibility of being implemented instead of the first plan.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle display device comprising:
a display that is provided inside a vehicle cabin and that includes, at a display area, a specific display region that displays a plurality of plans scheduled to be implemented with respect to a vehicle, arranged in an order in which the plurality of plans are scheduled to be implemented; and
a processor configured to cause display of, between a first plan, which is one plan among the plurality of plans, and a second plan, which is scheduled to be implemented next after the first plan, at the specific display region, an alternative plan that has a possibility of being implemented instead of the first plan.

2. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first plan is a top plan that is scheduled to be implemented first among the plurality of plans.

3. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first plan is an operation of the vehicle by driving assistance control; and
in a case in which a predetermined condition relating to the first plan is satisfied, the processor is configured to cause display of the alternative plan, which is a manual operation of the vehicle of a same type as the first plan, at the specific display region.

4. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to cause display of the alternative plan in a color that is different from at least the first plan.

5. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which the alternative plan is added and displayed at the specific display region, the processor is configured to cause a last plan, which is a plan scheduled to be implemented last among the plurality of plans, to be removed from the specific display region.

6. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which operation of the first plan has started, the processor is configured to cause the alternative plan to be removed from the specific display region.

7. The vehicle display device according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined condition relating to the first plan is the operation of the vehicle relating to the first plan not starting at a scheduled implementation timing of the first plan.

8. The vehicle display device according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined condition relating to the first plan is a possibility of the operation of the vehicle relating to the first plan not starting at a scheduled implementation timing of the first plan.

9. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display is provided at an instrument panel facing a driver's seat.

10. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display is a projection plane projected by a head-up display device.

11. A vehicle comprising the vehicle display device according to claim 1 .

12. A display processing method comprising:
causing display of a plurality of plans scheduled to be implemented with respect to a vehicle, arranged in an order in which the plurality of plans are scheduled to be implemented, at a specific display region of a display area at a display that is provided inside a vehicle cabin; and
causing display of, between a first plan, which is one plan among the plurality of plans, and a second plan, which is scheduled to be implemented next after the first plan, at the specific display region, an alternative plan that has a possibility of being implemented instead of the first plan.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that is executable by a computer to perform processing, the processing comprising:
causing display of a plurality of plans scheduled to be implemented with respect to a vehicle, arranged in an order in which the plurality of plans are scheduled to be implemented, at a specific display region of a display area at a display that is provided inside a vehicle cabin; and
causing display of, between a first plan, which is one plan among the plurality of plans, and a second plan, which is scheduled to be implemented next after the first plan, at the specific display region, an alternative plan that has a possibility of being implemented instead of the first plan.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ogata Ryo
• Nagashima Kento

Classifications

• B60K35/22 Primary

  Display screens · 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

• B60K35/10

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

• B60K35/23

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

• B60K2360/175

  Autonomous driving · CPC title