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US 12,423,043 · App. 18/642,006 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Display control device, display control method, and recording medium

Inventors: Tadahiro Uchikoshi (Tokyo, JP); Masahito Oishi (Kanagawa, JP); Shintaro Miike (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,423,043
App. No.
18/642,006
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control device includes: a determiner that determines whether an information amount of first display information displayed on a first display device is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; and a controller that (i) causes the first display device to display the first display information and first notification information about a predetermined event, and (ii) causes a second display device to display second notification information about the predetermined event, when the determiner determines that the information amount of the first display information is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold value, the second display device being different from the first display device, the second notification information including the first notification information and having an information amount larger than an information amount of the first notification information.

Claims (26)

1. A display control device comprising:

a determiner circuit that determines whether an information amount of first display information displayed on a first display device is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; and

a controller circuit that

(i) causes the first display device to display the first display information and first notification information about a predetermined event, and

(ii) causes a second display device to display second notification information about the predetermined event, the second display device being different from the first display device, wherein

when the determiner circuit determines that the information amount of the first display information is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold value,

the second notification information includes the first notification information and has an information amount larger than an information amount of the first notification information.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller circuit notifies a user of first relevance information indicating that the first notification information and the second notification information are relevant to each other.

3. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the determiner circuit determines whether second display information displayed on the second display device and the second notification information are relevant to each other, and

the controller circuit notifies a user of second relevance information indicating that the second display information and the second notification information are relevant to each other, when the determiner circuit determines that the second display information and the second notification information are relevant to each other.

4. The display control device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a determination circuit that selects one display device from among a plurality of display devices based on line-of-sight information indicating a line of sight of a user, and determines the one display device to be the first display device.

5. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller circuit determines the information amount of the first notification information based on the information amount of the first display information, and causes the first display device to display the first notification information having the information amount determined.

6. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display device and the second display device are disposed in a vehicle, and

the determiner circuit sets the predetermined threshold value based on a traveling state of the vehicle.

7. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein when the determiner circuit determines that the information amount of the first display information is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold value, the controller circuit causes the first display device to display the second notification information; and

when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the controller circuit causes the first display device to display the first notification information instead of the second notification information, and causes the second display device to display the second notification information.

8. The display control device according to claim 7 , wherein when the predetermined condition is satisfied refers to at least one of when the controller circuit obtains action information or when a predetermined time has elapsed since the controller circuit caused the first display device to display the second notification information, the action information indicating that a user has performed an action based on the second notification information.

9. The display control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein when the determiner circuit determines that the information amount of the first display information is less than the predetermined threshold value, the controller circuit causes the first display device to display the second notification information.

10. A display control method comprising:

determining whether an information amount of first display information displayed on a first display device is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; and

(i) causing the first display device to display the first display information and first notification information about a predetermined event, and

(ii) causing a second display device to display second notification information about the predetermined event, the second display device being different from the first display device, wherein

when the information amount of the first display information is determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold value, the second notification information includes the first notification information and has an information amount larger than an information amount of the first notification information.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for causing a computer to execute the display control method according to claim 10 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2024
From: UCHIKOSHI, TADAHIRO; OISHI, MASAHITO; MIIKE, SHINTARO
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068062/0318 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-177342 · Oct 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022038866 · Oct 19, 2022
Related Publication 20240272858A1 · Aug 15, 2024
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