IP Library Granted Patent US 12661989
Granted Patent B2
US 12661989 · App. 18/415,342 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Vehicle display control device, vehicle display control method, and non-transitory storage medium

Inventors: Miki Tsujino (Nagakute, JP); Kentaro Matsumoto (Toyota, JP); Ryusei Gichu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 12661989
App. No.
18/415,342
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle display control device includes a display control unit configured to display a main image and an auxiliary image in a display portion mounted on a vehicle such that the main image is provided with a display taste that is common to a hands on mode and a hands off mode and a display mode of the auxiliary image is changed between the hands on mode and the hands off mode.

Claims (47)

1 . A vehicle comprising:

a display; and

an electronic control unit configured to:

cause the vehicle to perform an autonomous driving, the autonomous driving being performed in a hands on mode or a hands off mode, the hands on mode requiring a driver to grasp a steering wheel of the vehicle, and the hands off mode not requiring the driver to grasp the steering wheel,

display a main image on the display during the autonomous driving, the main image including a first icon representing the vehicle,

display a first auxiliary image on the display adjacent to the main image while keeping the main image on the display in a case where the autonomous driving is in the hands on mode, and

display a second auxiliary image on the display adjacent to the main image while keeping the main image on the display in a case where the autonomous driving is in the hands off mode,

wherein

the first auxiliary image is not displayed on the display in a case where the autonomous driving is in the hands off mode,

the second auxiliary image is not displayed on the display in a case where the autonomous driving is in the hands on mode, and

the second auxiliary image represents a trajectory line of a preceding vehicle traveling in front of the vehicle.

2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the hands on mode includes a driving assist mode and an automated driving mode.

3 . The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the driving assist mode includes auto cruise control and lane tracing assist.

4 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the main image includes a second icon representing a different vehicle from the vehicle and a lane image.

5 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the first auxiliary image represents a peripheral region of the first icon.

6 . A vehicle comprising:

a display; and

an electronic control unit configured to:

cause the vehicle to perform an autonomous driving, the autonomous driving being performed in a hands on mode or a hands off mode, the hands on mode requiring a driver to grasp a steering wheel of the vehicle, and the hands off mode not requiring the driver to grasp the steering wheel,

display a main image on the display during the autonomous driving, the main image including a first icon representing the vehicle,

display a first auxiliary image on the display adjacent to the main image during the autonomous driving while keeping the main image on the display, and

display a second auxiliary image on the display adjacent to the main image while keeping the main image on the display in a case where the autonomous driving is in the hands on mode,

wherein

the electronic control unit is further configured to change a tint in a region of the first auxiliary image in the hands on mode and the hands off mode, and

the second auxiliary image is not displayed on the display in a case where the autonomous driving is in the hands off mode.

7 . A vehicle comprising:

a display; and

an electronic control unit configured to:

cause the vehicle to perform an autonomous driving, the autonomous driving being performed in a bands on mode or a hands off mode, the hands on mode requiring a driver to grasp a steering wheel of the vehicle, and the hands off mode not requiring the driver to grasp the steering wheel,

display a main image on the display during the autonomous driving, the main image including a first icon representing the vehicle,

display a first auxiliary image on the display adjacent to the main image while keeping the main image on the display in a case where the autonomous driving is in the hands on mode, and

display a second auxiliary image on the display adjacent to the main image while keeping the main image on the display in a case where the autonomous driving is in the hands off mode,

wherein

the first auxiliary image is not displayed on the display in a case where the autonomous driving is in the hands off mode, and

the second auxiliary image is not displayed on the display in a case where the autonomous driving is in the hands on mode,

a width of the first auxiliary image is wider than a width of the first icon, and

a width of the second auxiliary image is narrower than the width of the first icon.

8 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein

a width of the first auxiliary image is wider than a width of the first icon, and

a width of the second auxiliary image is narrower than the width of the first icon.

9 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the second auxiliary image is a band-shaped line that extends from the first icon.

10 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the second auxiliary image is a band-shaped line that extends from the first icon.

11 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the display is a meter display.

12 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the display is a meter display.

13 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a location in which the first auxiliary image is displayed and a location in which the second auxiliary image is displayed at least partially overlap.

14 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein a location in which the first auxiliary image is displayed and a location in which the second auxiliary image is displayed at least partially overlap.