IP Library Granted Patent US 12,504,938
Granted Patent B2
US 12,504,938 · App. 18/373,053 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Display control system, display method, and storage medium

Inventor: Tadashi Yoshida (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,504,938
App. No.
18/373,053
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control system includes an obtainer that obtains display device information on each of display devices, a calculator that calculates a correction value corresponding to each of the display devices, on the basis of the display device information, and a display that generates an image to be displayed across two or more display devices among the display devices. The display corrects the image to be displayed across the two or more display devices, on the basis of the correction value corresponding to each of the two or more display devices, and displays, across the two or more display devices, the image corrected.

Claims (41)

1 . A display control system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory including at least set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations including:

obtaining:

first display device information and second display device information on each of a first display device and a second display device included in a plurality of display devices, the second display device being different in at least one of physical size or resolution from the first display device, and

brightness information indicating brightness around the display control system;

calculating, based on the first display device information and the second display device information, a first correction value corresponding the first display device and a second correction value corresponding to the second display device different from the first correction value, wherein to change luminance of the images displayed on the two or more display devices, the calculating further includes changing the correction values calculated, according to the brightness around the display control system indicated in the brightness information;

generating images to be displayed on the first display device and the second display device, correcting the images to be displayed on the first display device and the second display device, respectively, based on the first correction value corresponding to the first display device and the second correction value corresponding to the second display device; and

respectively displaying, using the first correction value and the second correction value calculated based on the first display device information and the second display device information, the corrected images on the first display device and the second display device, such that a position and a size of one of the first image displayed on the first display device and the second image displayed on the second display device matches the position and the size of the other of the first image displayed on the first display device and the second image displayed on the second display device.

2 . The display control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first display device information and the second display device information each includes at least one of a physical size, a resolution, luminance, or a color tone of the display device, and

the obtaining further includes obtaining the first display device information and the second display device information automatically from each of the first display device and the second display device or by the first display device information and the second display device information being externally input.

3 . The display control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the generated images include a first image and a second image,

wherein the correcting includes correcting, in order to display on the first display device, the first image based on the first correction value corresponding to the first display device,

wherein the correcting further includes correcting, in order to display on the second display device, the second image based on the second correction value corresponding to the second display device,

wherein the displaying includes displaying, on the first display device, the first image corrected, and

wherein the displaying further includes displaying, on the second display device, the second image corrected.

4 . The display control system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display control system is mounted on a vehicle,

the obtaining further includes obtaining vehicle speed information indicating a traveling speed of the vehicle, and

to change a size of the images displayed on the two or more display devices, the calculating further includes changing the correction values calculated, according to the traveling speed of the vehicle indicated in the vehicle speed information.

5 . The display control system according to claim 4 ,

wherein the calculating further includes changing the correction values calculated, to increase the size of the images with an increase in the traveling speed of the vehicle indicated in the vehicle speed information, the images being displayed on the first display device and the second display device.

6 . The display control system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display control system is mounted on a vehicle,

the vehicle is switchable between an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode, and

the calculating further includes changing the correction values calculated, to cause a size of the images to differ according to whether the vehicle is in the autonomous driving mode or in the manual driving mode, the images being displayed on the first display device and the second display device.

7 . The display control system according to claim 6 ,

wherein the calculating further includes changing the correction values calculated, to cause the images displayed when the vehicle is in the autonomous driving mode to be smaller than the images displayed when the vehicle is in the manual driving mode, the images being displayed on the first display device and the second display device.

8 . The display control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein to change a size of a character displayed on each of the first display device and the second display device, the calculating further includes changing the correction values calculated, according to at least one of a traveling speed of a vehicle, a mode of the vehicle, or brightness around the display control system, the mode of the vehicle indicating an autonomous driving mode or a manual driving mode.

9 . A display method comprising:

obtaining:

first display device information and second display device information on each of a respective first display device and a second display device included in a plurality of display devices, the second display device being different in at least one of physical size or resolution from the first display device, and

brightness information indicating brightness around the display control system;

calculating, based on the first display device information and the second display device information, a first correction value corresponding to the first display device and a second correction value corresponding to the second display device different from the first correction value, wherein to change luminance of the images displayed on the two or more display devices, the calculating further includes changing the correction values calculated, according to the brightness around the display control system indicated in the brightness information;

generating images to be on the first display device and the second display device;

correcting the images to be displayed on the first display device and the second display device, respectively, based on the first correction value corresponding the first display device and the second correction value corresponding to the second display device; and

displaying, using the first correction value and the second correction value calculated based on physical sizes and resolutions of the first display device and the second display device, the corrected images on the first display device and the second display device, such that a position and a size of one of the first image displayed on the first display device and the second image displayed on the second display device matches the position and the size of the other of the first image displayed on the first display device and the second image displayed on the second display device.

10 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the display method according to claim 9 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068328/0764 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2024
From: YOSHIDA, TADASHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067054/0175 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-060039 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022003422 · Jan 28, 2022
Related Publication 20240012603A1 · Jan 11, 2024
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