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Granted Patent B2
US 10,744,956 · App. 16/370,740 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

Vehicular display control device

Inventor: Yuki Tsuruta (Ichinomiya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R11/0264B60R11/0229B60R11/04B60R2300/205B60R2300/301B60R2300/308
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Patent No.
US 10,744,956
App. No.
16/370,740
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The vehicular display control device which controls an image that is projected on a windshield of a vehicle, includes: a detection section which detects an object near the vehicle; and a display control section which displays, when a first object is detected in front of the vehicle, a first image for attracting attention to the first object, at a predetermined position in a first region on the windshield, and displays, when a second object is detected on a lateral side relative to, or behind, the vehicle, a second image for attracting attention to the second object, at a predetermined position in the first region. When determining that a display position of the second image overlaps, in the first region, with a display position of the first image, the display control section moves the second image from the first region to a second region on the windshield.

Claims (26)

1. A vehicular display control device which controls an image that is projected on a windshield of a vehicle by using a head-up display function,

the vehicular display control device comprising:

a detection section configured to detect an object near the vehicle; and

a display control section configured to

display, when a predetermined first object is detected in front of the vehicle by the detection section, a first image for attracting attention to the first object, at a position that is based on the first object and that is in a predetermined first region on the windshield, and

display, when a predetermined second object is detected on a lateral side relative to the vehicle or behind the vehicle by the detection section, a second image for attracting attention to the second object, at a predetermined position in the first region, wherein

when determining that a display position of the second image overlaps, in the first region, with a display position of the first image, the display control section moves the second image from the first region to a predetermined second region, on the windshield, different from the first region so as to display the second image in the second region, and

when the first image determined to overlap, in the first region, with the second image in terms of display position is not displayed any more, the display control section moves the second image from the second region to the first region so as to display the second image in the first region.

2. The vehicular display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display control section causes a display position in the first region to be different between: the second object detected on the lateral side relative to the vehicle by the detection section; and the second object detected behind the vehicle by the detection section.

3. The vehicular display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display control section causes a display characteristic in the first region to be different between: the second object detected on the lateral side relative to the vehicle by the detection section; and the second object detected behind the vehicle by the detection section.

4. A vehicular display control device which controls an image that is projected on a windshield of a vehicle by using a head-up display function,

the vehicular display control device comprising:

a detection section configured to detect an object near the vehicle; and

a display control section configured to

display, when a predetermined first object is detected in front of the vehicle by the detection section, a first image for attracting attention to the first object, at a position that is based on the first object and that is in a predetermined first region on the windshield, and

display, when a predetermined second object is detected on a lateral side relative to the vehicle or behind the vehicle by the detection section, a second image for attracting attention to the second object, at a predetermined position in the first region, wherein

when determining that a display position of the second image overlaps, in the first region, with a display position of the first image, the display control section moves the second image from the first region to a predetermined second region, on the windshield, different from the first region so as to display the second image in the second region,

an augmented reality display region in which an image can be displayed so as to overlap with a real view in front of the vehicle, is used as the first region,

the display control section displays, in the first region, the first image at such a position as to overlap with the first object, and

when the first image determined to overlap, in the first region, with the second image in terms of display position is not displayed any more, the display control section moves the second image from the second region to the first region so as to display the second image in the first region.

5. The vehicular display control device according to claim 4 , wherein

the display control section causes a display position in the first region to be different between: the second object detected on the lateral side relative to the vehicle by the detection section; and the second object detected behind the vehicle by the detection section.

6. The vehicular display control device according to claim 4 , wherein

the display control section causes a display characteristic in the first region to be different between: the second object detected on the lateral side relative to the vehicle by the detection section; and the second object detected behind the vehicle by the detection section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2019
From: TSURUTA, YUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 048746/0672 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-093900 · May 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190351839A1 · Nov 21, 2019