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Granted Patent B2
US 12,422,265 · App. 18/324,324 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

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

Inventors: Norihisa Hotta (Nagoya, JP); Toshinori Aoki (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G01C21/3632G06T11/00G06T13/00
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Patent No.
US 12,422,265
App. No.
18/324,324
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control device for a vehicle, includes: an intersection information acquiring section that acquires, from a planned travel route of a vehicle that is set in advance, information of an intersection through which passage is planned; and an image display section that, if the intersection is not an intersection satisfying a predetermined condition, in a case in which the vehicle approaches the intersection, causes display of an animation that heads toward the intersection in a display region provided in front of a vehicle occupant and in a manner of being superimposed on a foreground, and, if the intersection is an intersection satisfying the predetermined condition, does not cause display of the animation.

Claims (22)

1. A display control device for a vehicle, the display control device comprising a processor that is configured to:

acquire, from a planned travel route of a vehicle that is set in advance, information of an intersection through which passage is planned; and

if the intersection is not an intersection satisfying a predetermined condition, in a case in which the vehicle approaches the intersection, cause display of an animation that heads toward the intersection in a display region provided in front of a vehicle occupant and in a manner of being superimposed on a foreground, and, if the intersection is an intersection satisfying the predetermined condition, not cause display of the animation.

2. The display control device for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to not cause display of the animation in a case in which a category of a form of the intersection is a predetermined category.

3. The display control device for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to not cause display of the animation in a case in which at least a portion of the planned travel route, from a current position of the vehicle to the intersection, is outside an angle of view of the display region.

4. The display control device for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which a distance between first and second intersections through which passage is planned is less than or equal to a predetermined distance, the processor is configured to not cause display of the animation for the second intersection.

5. The display control device for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire current position information of the vehicle, and

not cause display of the animation in a case in which reliability of the current position information is below a predetermined threshold.

6. The display control device for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which a distance to the intersection is less than or equal to a predetermined first distance, the processor is configured to cause display of information of the intersection in a static image, and, in a case in which the distance to the intersection is less than or equal to a second distance that is shorter than the first distance, the processor is configured to cause display of the animation.

7. A display control system for a vehicle, comprising:

the display control device for a vehicle of claim 1 ; and

a display device that displays the animation in the display region.

8. A vehicle comprising the display control system for a vehicle of claim 7 .

9. A display control method for a vehicle comprising, by a processor:

acquiring, from a planned travel route of a vehicle that is set in advance, information of an intersection through which passage is planned;

if the intersection is not an intersection satisfying a predetermined condition, in a case in which the vehicle approaches the intersection, causing display of an animation that heads toward the intersection in a display region provided in front of a vehicle occupant and in a manner of being superimposed on a foreground; and

if the intersection is an intersection satisfying the predetermined condition, prohibiting display of the animation.

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

acquiring, from a planned travel route of a vehicle that is set in advance, information of an intersection through which passage is planned;

if the intersection is not an intersection satisfying a predetermined condition, in a case in which the vehicle approaches the intersection, causing display of an animation that heads toward the intersection in a display region provided in front of a vehicle occupant and in a manner of being superimposed on a foreground; and

if the intersection is an intersection satisfying the predetermined condition, prohibiting display of the animation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2023
From: HOTTA, NORIHISA; AOKI, TOSHINORI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063771/0820 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-106075 · Jun 30, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240003699A1 · Jan 4, 2024
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