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US 12,472,818 · App. 18/142,633 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Vehicle display control device, vehicle display device, vehicle, vehicle display control method, and non-transitory storage medium

Inventors: Norihisa Hotta (Nagoya, JP); Toshinori Aoki (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K35/21B60K35/23B60K35/28B60K35/29B60K35/60B60K2360/166B60K2360/1868B60K2360/785
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Patent No.
US 12,472,818
App. No.
18/142,633
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle display control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to acquire an actual location of a vehicle, and change information displayed at a display region generated in front of an occupant, based on the actual location of the vehicle and based on a virtual location of the vehicle on a pre-generated map.

Claims (28)

1 . A vehicle display control device configured to control a head-up display of a vehicle, the head-up display projecting images onto a windshield of the vehicle at a display region located in front of an occupant of the vehicle, the vehicle display control device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:

acquire an accuracy of a detected location of the vehicle, the accuracy being derived from (i) an actual location of the vehicle obtained by a location sensor and (ii) a virtual location of the vehicle on a trajectory on a pre-generated map;

in a case in which the accuracy is equal to or greater than a predetermined accuracy, cause the head-up display to display, at the display region on the windshield in front of the occupant of the vehicle, an arrow image including one or more arrows and indicating a direction of a travel path that is to be taken by the vehicle at a travel path changing location that is ahead of the vehicle and viewed through the windshield within the display region in front of the occupant of the vehicle; and

in a case in which the accuracy is less than the predetermined accuracy, cause the head-up display to display, at the display region on the windshield in front of the occupant of the vehicle, a remaining distance between the vehicle and the travel path changing location while not displaying the arrow image.

2 . A vehicle display device, comprising:

the vehicle display control device according to claim 1 ; and

the head-up display that is configured to project the images onto the windshield at the display region.

3 . A vehicle comprising:

the vehicle display control device according to claim 1 ; and

the head-up display that is configured to project the images onto the windshield of the vehicle at the display region.

4 . The vehicle display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the arrow image is displayed superimposed on the travel path changing location that is viewed through the windshield within the display region.

5 . The vehicle display control device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the case in which the accuracy is less than the predetermined accuracy, a simplified map image is displayed at the display region.

6 . A vehicle display control method executed by a processor configured to control a head-up display of a vehicle, the head-up display projecting images onto a windshield of the vehicle at a display region located in front of an occupant of the vehicle, the display control method comprising:

acquiring an accuracy of a detected location of the vehicle, the accuracy being derived from (i) an actual location of the vehicle obtained by a location sensor and (ii) a virtual location of the vehicle on a trajectory on a pre-generated map;

in a case in which the accuracy is equal to or greater than a predetermined accuracy, causing the head-up display to display, at the display region on the windshield in front of the occupant of the vehicle, an arrow image including one or more arrows and indicating a direction of a travel path that is to be taken by the vehicle at a travel path changing location that is ahead of the vehicle and viewed through the windshield within the display region in front of the occupant of the vehicle; and

in a case in which the accuracy is less than the predetermined accuracy, causing the head-up display to display, at the display region on the windshield in front of the occupant of the vehicle, a remaining distance between the vehicle and the travel path changing location while not displaying the arrow image.

7 . The vehicle display control method according to claim 6 , wherein the arrow image is displayed superimposed on the travel path changing location that is viewed through the windshield within the display region.

8 . The vehicle display control method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

in the case in which the accuracy is less than the predetermined accuracy, displaying a simplified map image at the display region.

9 . A non-transitory storage medium storing a program executable by a processor to perform vehicle display control processing of a head-up display of a vehicle, the head-up display projecting images onto a windshield of the vehicle at a display region located in front of an occupant of the vehicle, the vehicle display control processing comprising:

acquiring an accuracy of a detected location of the vehicle, the accuracy being derived from (i) an actual location of the vehicle obtained by a location sensor and (ii) a virtual location of the vehicle on a trajectory on a pre-generated map;

in a case in which the accuracy is equal to or greater than a predetermined accuracy, causing the head-up display to display, at the display region on the windshield in front of the occupant of the vehicle, an arrow image including one or more arrows and indicating a direction of a travel path that is to be taken by the vehicle at a travel path changing location that is ahead of the vehicle and viewed through the windshield within the display region in front of the occupant of the vehicle; and

in a case in which the accuracy is less than the predetermined accuracy, causing the head-up display to display, at the display region on the windshield in front of the occupant of the vehicle, a remaining distance between the vehicle and the travel path changing location while not displaying the arrow image.

10 . The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the vehicle display control processing includes displaying the arrow image superimposed on the travel path changing location that is viewed through the windshield within the display region.

11 . The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the vehicle display control processing further comprises:

in the case in which the accuracy is less than the predetermined accuracy, displaying a simplified map image at the display region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2023
From: HOTTA, NORIHISA; AOKI, TOSHINORI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063517/0319 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-104998 · Jun 29, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240001762A1 · Jan 4, 2024
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