IP Library Granted Patent US 12,194,850
Granted Patent B2
US 12,194,850 · App. 17/691,555 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Vehicle display device

Inventor: Noriyuki Kawahara (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
B60K35/00B60K35/10B60K35/81B60K2360/148B60Y2200/11
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Patent No.
US 12,194,850
App. No.
17/691,555
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle display device includes: a first sensor (microphone) that senses a vehicle interior; a region decider that decides a detection region which is a region for detecting a fallen object; a determiner that determines, based on the result of the sensing performed by the first sensor, whether an object has fallen; and a controller that decides display content based on a determination that the object has fallen and the detection region, and the controller causes a display to display the display content decided by the controller.

Claims (47)

1. A vehicle display device acquiring a result of sensing by a first sensor that senses a vehicle interior, the vehicle display device comprising:

a second sensor that detects one or more persons present in the vehicle interior;

a region decider that decides a detection region for detecting a fallen object;

a determiner that determines, based on the result of the sensing by the first sensor, whether an object has fallen; and

a controller that decides display content based on a determination, by the determiner, that the object has fallen and the detection region,

wherein the controller causes a plurality of displays to display the display content decided by the controller,

the detection region includes one of a first detection region or a second detection region,

when the second sensor detects a person sitting on a seat other than a driver seat, the detection region includes the second detection region, with the second detection region excluding a seat surface on which the person sits and a floor surface including legroom of the person, and

when the second sensor does not detect the person sitting on the seat other than the driver seat, the detection region includes the first detection region, with the first detection region including the seat surface and the floor surface.

2. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first sensor is a microphone that picks up sound in the vehicle interior.

3. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the determiner

identifies a direction of a sound source that is a direction of arrival of the sound picked up by the microphone,

identifies, based on the direction of the sound source that is identified, a location of the object that has fallen, and

determines, when the location identified is included in the detection region, that the object has fallen.

4. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein, when the determiner determines that the object has fallen, the controller decides the display content, with the display content including a location of the object fallen and a region around the location.

5. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the determiner

identifies, based on a change in image data of the vehicle interior imaged by an imager, a location of the object fallen and

determines, when the location identified is included in the detection region, that the object has fallen.

6. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage that stores a position information table for specifying the detection region,

wherein the region decider decides the detection region based on the position information table in the storage.

7. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vehicle display device acquires a result of sensing by the second sensor that detects the one or more persons present in the vehicle interior,

the second sensor detects a characteristic of the one or more persons, and

the controller decides the display content based on the characteristic of the person one or more persons.

8. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when the seat other than the driver seat is a rear seat, the second detection region further excludes a whole of a rear seat region of the rear seat.

9. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of displays is arranged on a front side of a vehicle in a position that does not intersect a line of sight of a driver who drives the vehicle, while the driver is facing forward.

10. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of displays is arranged on a front side of a vehicle, and

the controller causes one display of the plurality of displays that is present in a line of sight of a driver to display the display content.

11. A vehicle display device acquiring a result of sensing by a first sensor that senses a vehicle interior, the vehicle display device comprising:

a second sensor that detects one or more persons present in the vehicle interior;

a processor; and

a memory including at least one program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations including:

deciding a detection region for detecting a fallen object;

determining, based on the result of the sensing by the first sensor, whether an object has fallen; and

deciding display content based on a determination that the object has fallen and the detection region,

wherein the processor causes a plurality of displays to display the display content decided by the processor,

the detection region includes one of a first detection region or a second detection region,

when the second sensor detects a person sitting on a seat other than a driver seat, the detection region includes the second detection region, with the second detection region excluding a seat surface on which the person sits and a floor surface including legroom of the person, and

when the second sensor does not detect the person sitting on the seat other than the driver seat, the detection region includes the first detection region, with the first detection region including the seat surface and the floor surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0702 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2022
From: KAWAHARA, NORIYUKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061206/0422 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-056906 · Mar 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220314796A1 · Oct 6, 2022
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