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

Inventors: Yuting Zhang (Toyota, JP); Takahiro Hirota (Nukata-gun, JP); Koei Maejima (Toyota, JP)

Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Patent No.: US 12688803
App. No.: 18/757,319
Granted: Jul 21, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A vehicle display control device comprising memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor being configured to perform control to detect a position of a preceding vehicle running in front of the vehicle, based on the position of the preceding vehicle, perceive whether or not an entirety of the preceding vehicle has departed from the display region, and display an acquisition image that is superimposed on or adjacent to the preceding vehicle in the display region in accordance with the position of the preceding vehicle and, when the entirety of the preceding vehicle departing from the display region is perceived, display the acquisition image as a flashing display at an end portion at a side of the display region at which the entirety of the preceding vehicle has departed.

Claims (25)

1 . A vehicle display control device comprising memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the vehicle display control device controlling a display device such that, an acquisition image in accordance with a position of a preceding vehicle, is displayed in a display region superimposed on a portion of a forward view from a vehicle, and the processor being configured to perform control to:

display the acquisition image and flash the acquisition image in a case in which an entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region; and

display the acquisition image but not flash the acquisition image in a case in which at least a portion of the preceding vehicle is inside the display region.

2 . The vehicle display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to flash the acquisition image after a certain duration has passed after the entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region, in a case in which the entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region.

3 . The vehicle display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to display the acquisition image but not flash the acquisition image after a certain duration has passed after at least a portion of the preceding vehicle had returned from outside to inside the display region, in a case in which at least a portion of the preceding vehicle had returned from outside to inside the display region.

4 . The vehicle display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to raise a flashing rate in association with the preceding vehicle moving further from the display region in a case in which the entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region.

5 . The vehicle display control device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to raise the flashing rate in steps in association with the preceding vehicle moving further from the display region.

6 . The vehicle display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the display region is a projection screen projected onto by a head-up display at a vehicle front of a driver seat.

7 . A vehicle display device comprising:

a display unit that is provided in a cabin of a vehicle and includes a display region; and

the vehicle display control device according to claim 1 .

8 . A display control method executed by a processor for controlling a display device such that, an acquisition image in accordance with a position of a preceding vehicle, is displayed in a display region superimposed on a portion of a forward view from a vehicle, the display control method comprising:

displaying the acquisition image and flashing the acquisition image in a case in which an entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region; and

displaying the acquisition image but not flashing the acquisition image in a case in which at least a portion of the preceding vehicle is inside the display region.

9 . The display control method according to claim 8 , wherein the acquisition image is flashed after a certain duration has passed after the entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region, in a case in which the entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region.

10 . The display control method according to claim 8 , wherein the acquisition image is displayed but the acquisition image is not flashed after a certain duration has passed after at least a portion of the preceding vehicle had returned from outside to inside the display region, in a case in which at least a portion of the preceding vehicle had returned from outside to inside the display region.

11 . The display control method according to claim 8 , comprising raising a flashing rate in association with the preceding vehicle moving further from the display region in a case in which the entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region.

12 . The display control method according to claim 11 , wherein the flashing rate is raised in steps in association with the preceding vehicle moving further from the display region.

13 . A non-transitory memory medium storing a program executable by a processor to perform display control processing for controlling a display device such that, an acquisition image in accordance with a position of a preceding vehicle, is displayed in a display region superimposed on a portion of a forward view from a vehicle, the display control processing comprising:

displaying the acquisition image and flashing the acquisition image in a case in which an entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region; and

displaying the acquisition image but not flashing the acquisition image in a case in which at least a portion of the preceding vehicle is inside the display region.

14 . The non-transitory memory medium according to claim 13 , wherein the display control processing comprises, flashing the acquisition image after a certain duration has passed after the entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region, in a case in which the entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region.

15 . The non-transitory memory medium according to claim 13 , wherein the display control processing comprises, displaying the acquisition image but not flashing the acquisition image after a certain duration has passed after at least a portion of the preceding vehicle had returned from outside to inside the display region, in a case in which at least a portion of the preceding vehicle had returned from outside to inside the display region.

16 . The non-transitory memory medium according to claim 13 , wherein the display control processing comprises raising a flashing rate in association with the preceding vehicle moving further from the display region in a case in which the entirety of the preceding vehicle had departed from the display region.

17 . The non-transitory memory medium according to claim 16 , wherein the display control processing comprises raising the flashing rate in steps in association with the preceding vehicle moving further from the display region.