Display control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12594833-B2
Application number	US-202418441364-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2024
Priority date	Aug 16, 2021
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

A display control device executes a calculation acceleration acquisition processing and a display processing. The calculation acceleration acquisition processing includes a process of acquiring a calculation acceleration variable that indicates a calculated acceleration of a vehicle in response to a driving state of the vehicle or a driving state of the vehicle that generates the calculated acceleration. The display processing includes a process of displaying an image that is visible to an occupant of the vehicle by operating a display device, and includes an image variation process of changing the image in response to the calculation acceleration variable.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display control device comprising:
at least one of (i) a circuit and (ii) a processor having a memory storing computer program code, wherein the at least one of the circuit and the processor having the memory is configured to cause the display control device to execute a calculation acceleration acquisition processing and a display processing, wherein the calculation acceleration acquisition processing includes a process of acquiring a calculation acceleration variable, the calculation acceleration variable includes a variable indicating a calculated acceleration of a vehicle in response to a driving state of the vehicle, or a driving state of the vehicle that generates an acceleration of the vehicle, the display processing includes a process of displaying an image that is visible to an occupant of the vehicle by operating a display device, and includes an image variation process, the image variation process includes a process of changing the image in response to the calculation acceleration variable, the calculation acceleration variable includes a variable related to a steering angle of a steering wheel of the vehicle as a variable indicating a driving state of the vehicle that generates a lateral acceleration of the vehicle, and in a case where the steering angle deviates from zero, the image variation process includes a process of changing the image with respect to a straight traveling of the vehicle, and includes a process of changing an amount of change in the image in response to the steering angle, when a magnitude of the steering angle is greater than zero, such that the magnitude of the steering angle becomes larger when the amount of change in the image is larger than when the amount of change in the image is smaller, wherein the image variation process includes a steering filter process to lower a responsiveness of change in the image with respect to a change in the steering angle.

2 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the calculation acceleration variable includes a variable indicating an acceleration of the vehicle in a front-rear direction in response to a command to a driving system of the vehicle, and in a case where the calculation acceleration variable indicates an acceleration in a forward travelling of the vehicle, the image variation process includes a process of changing the image with respect to a travelling of the vehicle at a constant speed, and includes a process of changing an amount of change in the image in response to the calculation acceleration variable, when the acceleration is greater than zero, such that a magnitude of the acceleration becomes larger when the amount of change in the image is larger than when the amount of change in the image is smaller.

3 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one of the circuit and the processor having the memory is configured to cause the display control device to execute a vehicle speed acquisition process to acquire a traveling speed of the vehicle, and in the case where the steering angle deviates from zero, the image variation process includes a process of changing the image with respect to a straight traveling of the vehicle, and includes a process of setting an amount of change in the image to a different value in response to the traveling speed of the vehicle, while the steering angle is the same, such that the traveling speed of the vehicle becomes larger when the amount of change is larger than when the amount of change is smaller.

4 . The display control device according to claim 1 wherein
the at least one of the circuit and the processor having the memory is configured to cause the display control device to execute an angular velocity acquisition process to acquire a change speed of the steering angle, and
the steering filter process includes a responsiveness variable process to change a degree of decrease in the responsiveness in response to a magnitude of the change speed, such that the magnitude of the change speed becomes larger when the responsiveness is higher than when the responsiveness is lower.

5 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one of the circuit and the processor having the memory is configured to cause the display control device to execute a vertical G acquisition process to acquire a detection value of an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration of the vehicle in an up-down direction, and the image variation process includes a process of displacing the image in the up-down direction of the vehicle in response to the detection value.

6 . A display control device comprising:
at least one of (i) a circuit and (ii) a processor having a memory storing computer program code, wherein the at least one of the circuit and the processor having the memory is configured to cause the display control device to execute a calculation acceleration acquisition processing and a display processing, wherein the calculation acceleration acquisition processing includes a process of acquiring a calculation acceleration variable, the calculation acceleration variable includes a variable indicating a calculated acceleration of a vehicle in response to a driving state of the vehicle, or a driving state of the vehicle that generates an acceleration of the vehicle, the display processing includes a process of displaying an image that is visible to an occupant of the vehicle by operating a display device, and includes an image variation process, the image variation process includes a process of changing the image in response to the calculation acceleration variable, the at least one of the circuit and the processor having the memory is configured to cause the display control device to execute a vertical G acquisition process to acquire a detection value of an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration of the vehicle in an up-down direction, the image variation process includes a process of displacing the image in the up-down direction of the vehicle in response to the detection value, and the at least one of the circuit and the processor having the memory is configured to cause the display control device to execute a vertical filter process to reduce a responsiveness of change in the image in the up-down direction with respect to a change in the detection value.

7 . The display control device according to claim 6 , wherein
the at least one of the circuit and the processor having the memory is configured to cause the display control device to execute a head behavior acquisition process of acquiring an output signal of a sensing device that senses a behavior of a head of an occupant in the vehicle, and the vertical filter process includes a process of changing a responsiveness of a displacement of the image with respect to an acceleration in the up-down direction, in response to an amount of variation in a position of the head, such that the amount of variation becomes smaller when the responsiveness is higher than when the responsiveness is lower.

8 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the image is a peripheral image displayed around an image desired by an occupant of the vehicle.

9 . An image display method comprising executing each of the calculation acceleration acquisition processing and the display processing in the display control device according to claim 1 .

10 . A non-transitory storage medium storing an image display program that causes a computer to execute each of the calculation acceleration acquisition processing and the display processing in the display control device according to claim 1 .

11 . The display contro

Assignees

• J Quad Dynamics Inc

Inventors

• Ozawa yuuki
• Shibata Koji
• MINAMOTO Yusuke

Classifications

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/81

  for controlling displays · CPC title

• B60K35/10

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

• B60W2540/18

  Steering angle · CPC title

• B60W2520/125

  Lateral acceleration · CPC title