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Granted Patent B2
US 11,014,514 · App. 16/553,417 · Granted May 25, 2021

Vehicle surroundings display device

Inventors: Goro Asai (Toyota, JP); Tomoaki Iida (Okazaki, JP); Kunihiro Sugihara (Nagakute, JP); Yuki Takahashi (Toyota, JP); Taichi Hasegawa (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R16/033B60R1/00H04N5/232411B60R11/0235B60R11/04B60R2011/0003B60R2011/004B60R2300/105B60R2300/8046
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Patent No.
US 11,014,514
App. No.
16/553,417
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle surroundings display device includes an imaging device, a display device, and a controller is provided. The imaging device images a region toward a rear side of a vehicle and sideways from the vehicle. The display device is capable of displaying an image captured by the imaging device. The controller controls display of the display device, and selectively a normal active mode, a power-off active mode, a standby mode and a shut-down mode.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicle surroundings display device comprising:

an imaging device that images a region toward a rear side of a vehicle and sideways from the vehicle;

a display device that is capable of displaying an image captured by the imaging device; and

a controller that controls display of the display device by selectively adopting:

a normal active mode in which the imaging device and the display device are in actuated states and the display device is in an image-displaying state when a power unit of the vehicle is in an actuated state,

a power-off active mode in which the imaging device and the display device are in actuated states and the display device is in an image-displaying state when the power unit of the vehicle is in a shut-down state,

a standby mode in which the imaging device and the display device are in actuated states and the display device is in a non-image-displaying state when the power unit of the vehicle is in the shut-down state, or

a shut-down mode in which the imaging device and the display device are in shut-down states and the display device is in a non-image-displaying state when the power unit of the vehicle is in the shut-down state,

wherein, in a case in which the power unit has been transitioned from the actuated state to the shut-down state, the controller performs:

normal shut-down processing in which transition is made to the standby mode when a first predetermined standby duration has elapsed since transitioning to the power-off active mode, and transition is made from the standby mode to the shut-down mode when a second predetermined standby duration has elapsed;

first power-saving processing in which transition is made to the shut-down mode in cases in which a first predetermined shut-down condition has been satisfied within the first predetermined standby duration after having transitioned to the power-off active mode; or

second power-saving processing in which transition is made to the shut-down mode in cases in which a second predetermined shut-down condition has been satisfied within the second predetermined standby duration after having transitioned to the standby mode.

2. The vehicle surroundings display device of claim 1 , wherein the first predetermined shut-down condition in the first power-saving processing is a case in which a vehicle door has been locked from outside the vehicle.

3. The vehicle surroundings display device of claim 1 , wherein the first predetermined shut-down condition in the first power-saving processing is a case in which a vehicle battery voltage has dropped to a predetermined voltage or lower.

4. The vehicle surroundings display device of claim 1 , wherein the first predetermined shut-down condition in the first power-saving processing is a case in which a vehicle door of the vehicle has been opened and then closed when a current location of the vehicle is a predetermined location.

5. The vehicle surroundings display device of claim 1 , wherein the first predetermined shut-down condition in the first power-saving processing is a case in which a vehicle door of the vehicle has been opened and then closed at a time other than when a hazard lamp of the vehicle is illuminated.

6. The vehicle surroundings display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller performs activation processing to transition to the power-off active mode or the normal active mode within a predetermined duration in cases in which a predetermined activation condition is satisfied while in the shut-down mode or in the standby mode.

7. The vehicle surroundings display device of claim 6 , wherein:

a first activation condition of the predetermined activation condition in the activation processing is a case in which the power unit of the vehicle has transitioned from the shut-down state to the actuated state; and

the controller performs activation processing to transition from the shut-down mode or the standby mode to the normal active mode in cases in which the first activation condition has been satisfied.

8. The vehicle surroundings display device of claim 6 , wherein:

a second activation condition of the predetermined activation condition in the activation processing is a case in which a vehicle door of the vehicle has been opened; and

the controller performs activation processing to transition from the shut-down mode or the standby mode to the power-off active mode in cases in which the second activation condition has been satisfied.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2019
From: ASAI, GORO; IIDA, TOMOAKI; SUGIHARA, KUNIHIRO; TAKAHASHI, YUKI; HASEGAWA, TAICHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-166770 · Sep 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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