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US 12,141,493 · App. 18/365,425 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Display device for a vehicle

Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada (Nagakute, JP); Masaki Ito (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 12,141,493
App. No.
18/365,425
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control device for a vehicle is provided. The display control device includes a processor configured to display a primary plan on a first display and a secondary plan on a second display. The primary plan is to be performed next after a vehicle action currently being performed, and the secondary plan is to be performed subsequently to the primary plan. The first display may be provided on an upper side of the second display. The first display may be a head-up display, and the second display may be a meter panel.

Claims (17)

1. A display control device for a vehicle, wherein the display control device is configured to:

cause display of an action plan that is to be performed next after a vehicle action currently being performed, as a primary action plan, on a first display provided at a cabin interior of the vehicle, and

cause display of the primary action plan, and secondary action plans which are action plans to be performed subsequently to the primary action plan, on a second display provided at the cabin interior separately from the first display, wherein

the first display is a projection device that projects projection light that displays information onto a front windshield glass of the vehicle and displays information superimposed on scenery in front of the vehicle, and

the second display is a display device that is provided at an instrument panel of the vehicle and displays information toward a vehicle occupant seat side.

2. The display control device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the display control device is configured to cause display of the secondary action plans in a sequence in which the actions plans are to be performed, starting from a position on the second display which is closest to the first display.

3. The display control device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary action plans are displayed on a meter panel.

4. The display control device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which execution of the primary action plan displayed on the first display is completed, the display control device advances an action plan that is to be performed earliest among the secondary action plans displayed on the second display as the primary action plan, and causes its display on the first display.

5. The display control device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the primary action plan and the secondary action plans are displayed so as to be arranged in a substantially linear row when viewed from a vehicle occupant seat side.

6. The display control device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary action plans are displayed so as to be arranged in a row extending toward an outer side in a vehicle width direction and toward a vehicle lower side, relative to the primary action plan, when viewed from a vehicle occupant seat side.

7. The display control device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which a vehicle occupant performs an operation so as to insert an arbitrary action plan while the vehicle is performing self-driving, the arbitrary action plan can be displayed so as to be inserted as the primary action plan or any of the secondary action plans.

8. A display control method for a vehicle which is executable by a processor installed at the vehicle, the display control method comprising:

displaying an action plan that is to be performed next after a vehicle action currently being performed, as a primary action plan, on a first display provided at a cabin interior of the vehicle, and

displaying the primary action plan, and secondary action plans which are action plans to be performed subsequently to the primary action plan, on a second display provided at the cabin interior separately from the first display, wherein

the first display is a projection device that projects projection light that displays information onto a front windshield glass of the vehicle and displays information superimposed on scenery in front of the vehicle, and

the second display is a display device that is provided at an instrument panel of the vehicle and displays information toward a vehicle occupant seat side.

9. A non-transitory storage medium storing a display control program for a vehicle, the display control program being executable by a processor installed at the vehicle to perform the display control method of claim 8 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2023
From: YAMADA, YOSHINORI; ITO, MASAKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064494/0540 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-145743 · Aug 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17528644 · Nov 17, 2021
Continuation 16527383 · Jul 31, 2019
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