IP Library Granted Patent US 12,530,832
Granted Patent B2
US 12,530,832 · App. 18/406,256 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Display control device and display system

Inventors: Sui Kurihashi (Sunto-gun, JP); Miki Tsujino (Nagakute, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06T13/80B60K35/81B60K2360/171
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,530,832
App. No.
18/406,256
Filed
Jan 8, 2024
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2615
USPC
345/473
Abstract

A display control device includes a surrounding information acquisition unit that acquires surrounding information around a host vehicle, a preceding vehicle information acquisition unit that acquires, based on the surrounding information, preceding vehicle information on a preceding vehicle that travels in front of a driving lane of the host vehicle, an effect calculation unit that calculates, based on the preceding vehicle information, effect information on a slipstream of the preceding vehicle, and a display control unit that performs control, based on the effect information, to display the effect of the slipstream of the preceding vehicle from a preceding vehicle display unit that displays the preceding vehicle to a host vehicle display unit that displays the host vehicle.

Claims (15)

1 . A display control device comprising:

a processor programmed to:

acquire surrounding information around a host vehicle;

acquire, based on the surrounding information, preceding vehicle information on a preceding vehicle that travels in front of the host vehicle in a driving lane;

calculate, based on the preceding vehicle information, effect information on a slipstream of the preceding vehicle; and

perform control, based on the effect information, to display an effect of the slipstream of the preceding vehicle in an animation that moves from a preceding vehicle display unit that displays the preceding vehicle toward a host vehicle display unit that displays the host vehicle,

wherein the processor is programmed to perform control to:

display a moving speed of the animation faster as the effect of the slipstream becomes larger, and

display a shape of a mark in the animation to be either (i) a straight line of which a number increases as an effect of slip stream increases or (ii) a straight line of which a length increases as an effect of slip stream increases.

2 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to perform-performs control to display the animation in a larger size as the effect of the slipstream becomes larger.

3 . A display system comprising:

the display control device according to claim 1 ; and

a display unit that is provided in front of a driver's seat in a vehicle cabin and that displays an image controlled by the display control device.

4 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to perform control to display the shape of the mark in the animation to be the straight line of which the number increases as the effect of slip stream increases.

5 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to perform control to display the shape of the mark in the animation to be the straight line of which the length increases as the effect of slip stream increases.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2024
From: KURIHASHI, SUI; TSUJINO, MIKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 066045/0825 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-018746 · Feb 9, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240273799A1 · Aug 15, 2024
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