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Granted Patent B2
US 12,067,322 · App. 17/879,844 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Vehicular display control device, vehicular display device, vehicle, vehicular display control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recorded with vehicular display control program

Inventors: Keigo Hori (Toyota, JP); Ryota Hamabe (Nisshin, JP); Takahiro Hirota (Nukata-gun, JP); Yoshinori Murata (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06F3/14B60K35/00B60K35/214B60K35/28B60K2360/167B60K2360/68
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Patent No.
US 12,067,322
App. No.
17/879,844
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicular display control device is configured to: acquire a physical quantity relating to a travel state of a vehicle; in a display region for displaying a predetermined range of the vehicle travel state-related physical quantity in increments using numerical values, change a display format of the numerical values based on the acquired vehicle travel state-related physical quantity; and display the numerical values for which the display format has been changed on a display including the display region.

Claims (34)

1. A vehicular display control device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:

acquire a physical quantity relating to a travel state of a vehicle;

in a semi-circular or circular display region displaying a predetermined range of the vehicle travel state-related physical quantity along a circumference of the semi-circular or circular display region in increments using numerical values;

change a display format of the numerical values based on the acquired vehicle travel state-related physical quantity;

display the numerical values for which the display format has been changed on a display including the display region; and

display a continuous circular sector spanning from a minimum value to the current physical quantity within the predetermined range of the vehicle travel state-related physical quantity, the circular sector spanning across a portion of the circumference of the semi-circular or circular display, and including two radii extending from the circumference to a center of the semi-circular or circular display.

2. The vehicular display control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to emphatically display a numerical value that is numerically closest to the acquired vehicle travel state-related physical quantity.

3. The vehicular display control device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to display the numerical value that is numerically closest to the acquired vehicle travel state-related physical quantity so as to be displayed larger than other numerical values.

4. The vehicular display control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to emphatically display a numerical value that the acquired vehicle travel state-related physical quantity has passed in response to the physical quantity having passed the numerical value.

5. The vehicular display control device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to display the numerical value that the acquired vehicle travel state-related physical quantity has passed so as to be displayed larger than other numerical values in response to the physical quantity having passed the numerical value.

6. The vehicular display control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to display the circular sector configured with a gradation so as to emphasize a radius of the circular sector corresponding to the current physical quantity.

7. The vehicular display control device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to display the predetermined range of the vehicle travel state-related physical quantity in divided increments using the numerical values.

8. The vehicular display control device of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle travel state-related physical quantity is at least one physical quantity selected from the group consisting of engine revolutions of the vehicle, a power of a motor of the vehicle, and a vehicle speed of the vehicle.

9. A vehicular display device, comprising:

the vehicular display control device of claim 1 ; and

a display.

10. A vehicle, comprising the vehicular display device of claim 9 .

11. A vehicular display control method, comprising:

by a processor:

acquiring a physical quantity relating to a travel state of a vehicle,

in a semi-circular or circular display region, displaying a predetermined range of the vehicle travel state-related physical quantity along a circumference of the semi-circular or circular display region in increments using numerical values,

changing a display format of the numerical values based on the acquired vehicle travel state-related physical quantity,

displaying the numerical values for which the display format has been changed on a display including the display region, and

displaying a continuous circular sector spanning from a minimum value to the current physical quantity within the predetermined range of the vehicle travel state-related physical quantity, the circular sector spanning across a portion of the circumference of the semi-circular or circular display, and including two radii extending from the circumference to a center of the semi-circular or circular display.

12. The vehicular display control method of claim 11 , comprising emphatically displaying a numerical value that is numerically closest to the acquired vehicle travel state-related physical quantity.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a vehicular display control program executable by a computer to perform processing, the processing comprising:

acquiring a physical quantity relating to a travel state of a vehicle;

in a semi-circular or circular display region displaying a predetermined range of the vehicle travel state-related physical quantity in increments using numerical values;

changing a display format of the numerical values based on the acquired vehicle travel state-related physical quantity;

displaying the numerical values for which the display format has been changed on a display including the display region; and

displaying a continuous circular sector spanning from a minimum value to the current physical quantity within the predetermined range of the vehicle travel state-related physical quantity, the circular sector spanning across a portion of the circumference of the semi-circular or circular display, and including two radii extending from the circumference to a center of the semi-circular or circular display.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 13 , wherein the processing comprises emphatically displaying a numerical value that is numerically closest to the acquired vehicle travel state-related physical quantity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: HORI, KEIGO; HAMABE, RYOTA; HIROTA, TAKAHIRO; MURATA, YOSHINORI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060704/0047 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-156129 · Sep 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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