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US 12,515,520 · App. 18/487,998 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Vehicle display system, vehicle display method, and computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing vehicle display program

Inventors: Hiroyuki Mimura (Kariya, JP); Kiyotaka Taguchi (Kariya, JP); Yasuhiko Joho (Kariya, JP); Toshinori Mizuno (Kariya, JP); Akira Kamiya (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
B60K35/00B60K35/60B60K35/22B60K35/285B60K35/29B60K2360/182B60K2360/1868
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Patent No.
US 12,515,520
App. No.
18/487,998
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

By vehicle display system, a vehicle display method, or a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a vehicle display program configured to display content on a plurality of displays sandwiching a non-display region, a head position of an occupant of a vehicle, an angle of a head of the occupant, and a line of sight are detected, a hiding prevention process is executed on important information, and the important information is displayed on a display screen.

Claims (67)

1 . A vehicle display system configured to display content on a plurality of displays sandwiching a non-display region, the system comprising:

an occupant state monitor configured to detect

a head position of an occupant of a vehicle,

an angle of a head of the occupant, and

a line of sight of the occupant; and

a display processor configured to

execute, based on a detection result of the occupant state monitor, a hiding prevention process on important information under a condition that the content to be displayed on at least one of the plurality of displays includes the important information, and

display the important information on a display screen of the at least one of the plurality of displays, wherein

the non-display region is formed by a frame, and the content cannot be displayed in the non-display region, and

the display processor is further configured to determine whether the important information is hidden by the frame, and performs display to cause the important information not to be hidden by the frame when determining that the important information is hidden by the frame.

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

the display processor is configured to

output an image in a virtual space defined by a virtual coordinate and

project the image on the display screen of the at least one of the plurality of displays, and

the non-display region is formed by the frame positioned between the virtual space and a real space where the occupant exists.

3 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the important information is intended for a vehicle content obtained by image recognition and extraction of a part of region from the content to be displayed on the plurality of displays, and

the part of region is related to a vehicle control.

4 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display processor is configured to

maintain or change a display position of the content to cause the occupant to view the content, after a detection that the occupant has viewed the content based on a detection result of the occupant state monitor, and

execute the hiding prevention process after maintaining or changing the display position.

5 . The vehicle display system according to claim 2 , wherein

the display processor is configured to execute the hiding prevention process by parallelly moving the image in the virtual space.

6 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where the display processor detects a state that a movement amount of an occupant viewpoint is greater than a predetermined value based on a detection result of the occupant state monitor, when the occupant cannot confirm the important information displayed on the at least one of the plurality of displays, the display processor displays the important information on a different display among the plurality of displays.

7 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display processor is configured to display the important information on any of the plurality of displays by converting a two-dimensional image into a three-dimensional image.

8 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display processor is configured to display the important information on any of the plurality of displays by executing an enlargement process or a reduction process.

9 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the system is connected to a feature detection unit configured to detect a vehicle exterior object viewed by the occupant of the vehicle from the content, and

the display processor executes a display process using the plurality of displays by deforming the content to overlap the vehicle exterior object with the non-display region based on a detection result of the occupant state monitor when the feature detection unit has detected the vehicle exterior object.

10 . The vehicle display system according to claim 9 , wherein

the display processor is configured to enlarge, reduce, rotate, or transform an image of the content to deform the content.

11 . The vehicle display system according to claim 9 , wherein

when the feature detection unit acquires peripheral information of the vehicle using a plurality of cameras, the display processor

acquires an image of a region that becomes a blind spot with respect to an occupant of the vehicle in a traveling direction of the vehicle due to the vehicle exterior object from the peripheral information of the vehicle, and

executes a display process.

12 . The vehicle display system according to claim 9 , wherein

in a case where, among the plurality of displays, a plurality of adjacent displays sandwich the non-display region, when the vehicle exterior object includes a plurality of vehicle exterior objects and the plurality of vehicle exterior objects have been detected in the content, the display processor changes a scale to match the plurality of vehicle exterior objects with the non-display region and executes a display process.

13 . The vehicle display system according to claim 9 , wherein

when the vehicle exterior object includes a plurality of vehicle exterior objects and the plurality of vehicle exterior objects have been detected in the content, the display processor matches, among the plurality of vehicle exterior objects, a vehicle exterior object positioned closer to the vehicle with the non-display region and executes a display process.

14 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein the display processor is further configured to calculate a coordinate of the important information in a virtual space where the important information is displayed, and determine whether the important information is hidden by the frame based on the coordinate of the important information, the head position, the angle, the line of sight, and a coordinate of the non-display region in a real space.

15 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of displays are symmetrically arranged along a dashboard of the vehicle.

16 . A vehicle display method configured to display content on a plurality of displays including a plurality of display screens sandwiching a non-display region, the method comprising:

causing an occupant state monitor to detect

a head position of an occupant of a vehicle,

an angle of a head of the occupant, and

a line of sight of the occupant; and

causing a display processor to

execute, based on a detection result of the occupant state monitor, a hiding prevention process on important information under a condition that the content to be displayed on at least one of the plurality of displays includes the important information, and

display the important information on a display screen of the at least one of the plurality of displays, wherein

the non-display region is formed by a frame, and the content cannot be displayed in the non-display region, and

the display processor further determines whether the important information is hidden by the frame, and performs display to cause the important information not to be hidden by the frame when determining that the important information is hidden by the frame.

17 . The vehicle display method according to claim 16 , wherein the display processor further calculates a coordinate of the important information in a virtual space where the important information is displayed, and determines whether the important information is hidden by the frame based on the coordinate of the important information, the head position, the angle, the line of sight, and a coordinate of the non-display region in a real space.

18 . A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a vehicle display program configured to display content on a plurality of displays including a plurality of display screens sandwiching a non-display region, the program causing a processor to:

cause an occupant state monitor to detect

a head position of an occupant of a vehicle,

an angle of a head of the occupant, and

a line of sight of the occupant; and

cause a display processor to

execute, based on a detection result of the occupant state monitor, a hiding prevention process on important information under a condition that the content to be displayed on at least one of the plurality of displays includes the important information, and

display the important information on a display screen of the at least one of the plurality of displays,

the non-display region is formed by a frame, and the content cannot be displayed in the non-display region, and

the display processor further determines whether the important information is hidden by the frame, and performs display to cause the important information not to be hidden by the frame when determining that the important information is hidden by the frame.

19 . The vehicle display program according to claim 18 , wherein the display processor further calculates a coordinate of the important information in a virtual space where the important information is displayed, and determines whether the important information is hidden by the frame based on the coordinate of the important information, the head position, the angle, the line of sight, and a coordinate of the non-display region in a real space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2023
From: MIMURA, HIROYUKI; TAGUCHI, KIYOTAKA; JOHO, YASUHIKO; MIZUNO, TOSHINORI; KAMIYA, AKIRA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-073381 · Apr 23, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022015569 · Mar 29, 2022
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