IP Library Granted Patent US 12,397,791
Granted Patent B2
US 12,397,791 · App. 18/539,990 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Displaying control apparatus

Inventors: Sawa Higuchi (Toyota, JP); Hideki Kamatani (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W30/18072B60K35/00B60W30/16B60W50/14B60W2030/18081B60W2030/1809B60W2050/146B60W2520/10B60W2720/10B60W2754/10
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Patent No.
US 12,397,791
App. No.
18/539,990
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A displaying control apparatus displays an image which represents a predetermined speed range by a displaying device of an own vehicle while executing a moving speed control, or displays an image which represents a predetermined distance range by the displaying device while executing an inter-vehicle distance control. While executing the moving speed control, the displaying control apparatus display the image representing the predetermined speed range such that the own vehicle or an image representing the own vehicle is displayed within the image representing the predetermined speed range. While executing the inter-vehicle distance control, the displaying control apparatus displays the image representing the predetermined distance range such that the own vehicle or the image representing the own vehicle is displayed within the image representing the predetermined distance range.

Claims (13)

1. A displaying control apparatus, comprising an electronic control unit configured to:

display an image which represents a predetermined speed range by a displaying device of an own vehicle while the electronic control unit is executing a moving speed control,

the moving speed control corresponding to a control of (i) executing a coasting control of causing the own vehicle to coast when a moving speed of the own vehicle increases and reaches an upper limit value of the predetermined speed range, and (ii) executing an acceleration control of accelerating the own vehicle when the moving speed of the own vehicle decreases and reaches a lower limit value of the predetermined speed range; or

display an image which represents a predetermined distance range by the displaying device while the electronic control unit is executing an inter-vehicle distance control,

the inter-vehicle distance control corresponding to a control of (i) executing the coasting control when an inter-vehicle distance between the own vehicle and a surrounding vehicle decreases and reaches a lower limit value of the predetermined distance range, and (ii) executing the acceleration control when the inter-vehicle distance increases and reaches an upper limit value of the predetermined distance range,

the surrounding vehicle corresponding to a vehicle around the own vehicle and moving in the same direction in which the own vehicle moves,

wherein the electronic control unit is configured to:

while the electronic control unit is executing the moving speed control, display the image representing the predetermined speed range such that the own vehicle or an image representing the own vehicle is displayed within the image representing the predetermined speed range; and

while the electronic control unit is executing the inter-vehicle distance control, display the image representing the predetermined distance range such that the own vehicle or the image representing the own vehicle is displayed within the image representing the predetermined distance range.

2. The displaying control apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the electronic control unit is configured to:

when the electronic control unit changes a width of the predetermined speed range, change a length of the image representing the predetermined speed range depending on the changed width of the predetermined speed range; and

when the electronic control unit changes a width of the predetermined distance range, change a length of the image representing the predetermined distance range depending on the changed width of the predetermined distance range.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: HIGUCHI, SAWA; KAMATANI, HIDEKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065874/0954 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-201092 · Dec 16, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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