IP Library Granted Patent US 12,429,343
Granted Patent B2
US 12,429,343 · App. 18/204,460 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Vehicle control device and vehicle control system

Inventors: Takahiro Uemura (Saitama, JP); Noriaki Aoyama (Saitama, JP); Yuegui Chen (Fujian, CN); Quanbing Li (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.
G01C21/3415B60Q1/48G01C21/3611B60W30/06G06F3/04845
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Patent No.
US 12,429,343
App. No.
18/204,460
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control device includes a route generating unit, a communication control unit, and a projection control unit. The route generating unit generates a parking lot leaving route of a vehicle based on sensing results of a sensor group mounted on the vehicle. The communication control unit transmits the parking lot leaving route to an information processing device and receives a stop position where the vehicle stops from the information processing device. The projection control unit projects light emitted from a light source at a position on a road surface corresponding to the stop position.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicle control system, comprising:

an information processing device including a first processor; and

a vehicle control device, including a second processor that includes:

a route generating unit that generates a parking lot leaving route of a vehicle based on sensing results of a sensor mounted on the vehicle, and

a communication control unit that transmits the parking lot leaving route to the information processing device, wherein

the information processing device includes an operating unit that is a touch panel and that receives selection of a stop position at which the vehicle that has left a parking lot from a parking position is stopped, based on the parking lot leaving route received,

the first processor includes a control unit that transmits the stop position received by the operating unit to the vehicle control device,

the second processor includes a projection control unit that determines a projection position and a projection range of light emitted from a light source onto a position on a road surface corresponding to the stop position,

the information processing device includes a camera generating a captured image and a display;

the control unit

calculates coordinates indicating a position of the information processing device in a case where a center of the vehicle captured in the captured image is as a reference,

obtains a 3D image data that is a three dimensional data for displaying a three dimensional image of a vehicle corresponding to the vehicle,

generates, based on the 3D image data, a 3D vehicle image that is a three dimensional image of the vehicle,

displays a display image where the 3D vehicle image generated is superimposed on the captured image generated by the camera on the display;

the operating unit receives a change operation for changing a display position of the 3D vehicle image in the display image;

the control unit transmits the display position of the 3D vehicle image changed by the change operation to the vehicle control device as the stop position; and

even if the change operation is received, if the display position of the 3D vehicle image changed by the change operation is not a position, on the display image, corresponding to the parking lot leaving route received, the control unit returns the display position of the 3D vehicle image changed by the change operation to a position before the change operation,

when receiving from the information processing device a projection instruction that is an instruction to project onto the road surface a projection light indicating the stop position, the second processor determines, based on the coordinates included in the received projection instruction, the projection position and the projection range where the projection light is projected.

2. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein

the operating unit receives a change request of the stop position, and a changed stop position of the 3D vehicle image on the display image;

the control unit transmits the change request and the changed stop position to the vehicle control device;

the communication control unit receives the change request and the changed stop position from the information processing device; and

the projection control unit determines the projection position and the projection range of the light emitted from the light source at a position on the road surface corresponding to the changed stop position.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Jun 23, 2026
From: FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: FSVAP JAPAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075801/0481 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2023
From: UEMURA, TAKAHIRO; AOYAMA, NORIAKI; CHEN, YUEGUI; LI, QUANBING
To: FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063820/0435 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-092725 · Jun 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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