IP Library Granted Patent US 12,434,564
Granted Patent B2
US 12,434,564 · App. 18/470,677 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Vehicle display control device

Inventors: Takayuki Aoki (Toyota, JP); Ryusuke Ohta (Toyota, JP); Daisuke Itagaki (Kasugai, JP); Hitoshi Muraki (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K35/28G02B27/017B60K35/23B60K35/81B60K2360/176
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Patent No.
US 12,434,564
App. No.
18/470,677
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control unit is provided in a wearable terminal mounted on a head of an occupant of a vehicle, and controls a display unit that is positioned immediately before an eye of the occupant when the wearable terminal is mounted on the head and can display a plurality of types of object images, and the control unit decides whether or not to display a specific object image that is a predetermined object image on the display unit based on at least one of information on a line of sight of the occupant and information on a swing of the occupant.

Claims (7)

1. A vehicle display control device, comprising a control unit that is provided in a wearable terminal mounted on a head of an occupant of a vehicle, and that controls a display unit that is positioned directly in front of eyes of the occupant when the wearable terminal is mounted on the head and that is configured to display a plurality of types of object images, wherein, based on at least one of information regarding a line of sight of the occupant, and information regarding neck movement of the occupant, the control unit decides whether to display a specific object image that is a predetermined one of the object images on the display unit, wherein, when determining that the occupant visually recognizes a predetermined object located in a vicinity of the vehicle, the control unit deletes, from the display unit, a first specific object image that is displayed on the display unit, and that is included in the specific object image.

2. A vehicle display control device, comprising:

a processor provided in a wearable terminal mounted on a head of an occupant of a vehicle; and

a transmissive display positioned directly in front of eyes of the occupant and provided in the wearable terminal, wherein the processor is configured to:

display a plurality of types of object images on the transmissive display in a case where the wearable terminal is mounted on the head of the occupant;

based on at least one of information regarding a line of sight of the occupant, and information regarding neck movement of the occupant, decide whether to display a specific object image that is a predetermined one of the object images on the transmissive display; and

delete, from the transmissive display, a first specific object image included in the specific object image that is displayed on the transmissive display, in a case where the processor determines that the occupant visually recognizes a predetermined object located in a vicinity of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2023
From: AOKI, TAKAYUKI; OHTA, RYUSUKE; ITAGAKI, DAISUKE; MURAKI, HITOSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064968/0281 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-204868 · Dec 21, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240210694A1 · Jun 27, 2024
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