IP Library Granted Patent US 12,145,444
Granted Patent B2
US 12,145,444 · App. 18/123,561 · Granted Nov 19, 2024

Vehicle display control device, vehicle display control system, vehicle, vehicle display control method, and non-transitory storage medium storing a program

Inventors: Yasuaki Nadaya (Toyota, JP); Akinori Shin (Toyota, JP); Takahiro Hirota (Nukata-gun, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K35/00G06F3/1423B60K35/10B60K35/22B60K2360/143G06F2203/04803G09G2380/10
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Patent No.
US 12,145,444
App. No.
18/123,561
Granted
Nov 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle display control device includes: a display section that is configured to cause display at a plurality of display areas provided adjacent to each other inside a vehicle cabin; and a display item changing section that is configured to change respective display items displayed at the plurality of display areas by the display section.

Claims (46)

1. A vehicle display control device, comprising comprising:

a processor configured to:

display a plurality of display areas on a display provided inside a vehicle cabin; and

change respective display items respectively displayed at the plurality of display areas, per display area, wherein

the plurality of display areas comprises a first display area and at least one second display area provided adjacent to the first display area,

the first display area is a meter display area, and the at least one second display area is not a meter display area,

an item indicating a number of revolutions of an engine is displayed in an arc-shaped image at a peripheral portion of the first display area, and

at least one of information relating to driving assistance performed and map information is disposed within the arc-shaped image of the first display area;

even when the display items at the first display area are changed, constantly displaying certain information corresponding to a first type of display items that cannot be changed in the first display area; and

in response to an operation to switch display states, transitioning the display items at the at least one second display area from a state of displaying one type of a plurality of second types of display items to a state of displaying a different type of the plurality of second types of display items.

2. The vehicle display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

store information relating to the respective display items displayed at the plurality of display areas.

3. The vehicle display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

cause display of a display item determined by an operation of an occupant, from a plurality of display item candidates, at one of the plurality of display areas.

4. The vehicle display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

set a display item candidate to not be displayed at the plurality of display areas.

5. The vehicle display control device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to:

change a display item based on a first operation by an occupant at an operable operation switch; and

display a setting image at one of the plurality of display areas based on a second operation, which is different from the first operation, at the operable operation switch.

6. A vehicle display control system, comprising:

the vehicle display control device according to claim 5 ; and

a plurality of display areas provided inside the vehicle cabin and facing a driver's seat, and at which display is caused by the vehicle display control device.

7. A vehicle comprising:

the vehicle display control system according to claim 6 ,

wherein the operable operation switch is provided at a steering wheel facing the driver's seat.

8. The vehicle display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the meter display area is disposed at a center of the display, and

the plurality of display areas includes more than one second display areas, which are disposed adjacent to the meter display area on left and right sides thereof.

9. A vehicle display control method, comprising:

displaying, by a processor, at a plurality of display areas on a display provided inside a vehicle cabin; and

changing, by the processor, respective display items respectively displayed at the plurality of display areas, per display area, wherein

the plurality of display areas comprises a first display area and at least one second display area provided adjacent to the first display area,

the first display area is a meter display area, and the at least one second display area is not a meter display area,

an item indicating a number of revolutions of an engine is displayed in an arc-shaped image at a peripheral portion of the first display area, and

at least one of information relating to driving assistance performed and map information is disposed within the arc-shaped image of the first display area;

even when the display items at the first display area are changed, constantly displaying certain information corresponding to a first type of display items that cannot be changed in the first display area; and

in response to an operation to switch display states, transitioning the display items at the at least one second display area from a state of displaying one type of a plurality of second types of display items to a state of displaying a different type of the plurality of second types of display items.

10. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that is executable by a computer to perform processing, the processing comprising:

displaying, by a processor, at a plurality of display areas on a display provided inside a vehicle cabin; and

changing respective display items respectively displayed at the plurality of display areas, per display area, wherein

the plurality of display areas comprises a first display area and at least one second display area provided adjacent to the first display area,

the first display area is a meter display area, and the at least one second display area is not a meter display area,

an item indicating a number of revolutions of an engine is displayed in an arc-shaped image at a peripheral portion of the first display area, and

at least one of information relating to driving assistance performed and map information is disposed within the arc-shaped image of the first display area;

even when the display items at the first display area are changed, constantly displaying certain information corresponding to a first type of display items that cannot be changed in the first display area; and

in response to an operation to switch display states, transitioning the display items at the at least one second display area from a state of displaying one type of a plurality of second types of display items to a state of displaying a different type of the plurality of second types of display items.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2023
From: NADAYA, YASUAKI; SHIN, AKINORI; HIROTA, TAKAHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063033/0775 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-077625 · May 10, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230364994A1 · Nov 16, 2023
Cited By (1)
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