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Granted Patent B2
US 11,495,193 · App. 17/491,810 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Vehicle display system and vehicle display method

Inventor: Hironori Ito (Tokyo-to, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G09G5/377B60K35/00G06V20/56B60K2370/152B60K2370/167G09G2380/10
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Patent No.
US 11,495,193
App. No.
17/491,810
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle display system includes a vehicle detection device detecting at least one other vehicle present in surroundings of a host vehicle, a vehicle speed detection device detecting a speed of the host vehicle, a display device displaying the host vehicle and the at least one other vehicle respectively as vehicle icons, and a display control part configured to control a content of display of the display device. When the speed of the host vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the display control part is configured to blank out the display of or display transparently at least a part of a vehicle icon of a following vehicle detected by the vehicle detection device and positioned at a rear of the host vehicle in a driving lane of the host vehicle.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle display system comprising:

a vehicle detection device detecting at least one other vehicle present in surroundings of a host vehicle;

a vehicle speed detection device detecting a speed of the host vehicle;

a display device displaying the host vehicle and the at least one other vehicle respectively as vehicle icons; and

a processor configured to control a content of display of the display device, wherein

when the speed of the host vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the processor is configured to blank out the display of or display transparently at least a part of a vehicle icon of a following vehicle detected by the vehicle detection device and positioned at a rear of the host vehicle in a driving lane of the host vehicle.

2. The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein when the speed of the host vehicle is equal to or less than the predetermined value, the processor is configured to blank out the display of or display transparently at least a part of the vehicle icon of the following vehicle only when the vehicle icon of the following vehicle is superposed over the vehicle icon of the host vehicle.

3. A vehicle display method for displaying a host vehicle and at least one other vehicle present in surroundings of the host vehicle respectively as vehicle icons on a display device, including:

detecting the at least one other vehicle by a vehicle detection device;

detecting a speed of the host vehicle by a vehicle speed detection device; and

when the speed of the host vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined value, blanking out the display of or displaying transparently at least a part of a vehicle icon of a following vehicle detected by the vehicle detection device and positioned at a rear of the host vehicle in a driving lane of the host vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2021
From: ITO, HIRONORI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057668/0844 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-170513 · Oct 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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