IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,626,619
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US 12,626,619 · App. 18/514,437 · Granted May 12, 2026

Display method, display control device, and display control system

Inventors: Soshiro Murata (Toyota, JP); Hiroshi Umeno (Nisshin, JP); Takahiro Nomura (Okazaki, JP); Yuya Onozuka (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G09F21/049B60K35/00B60K35/22B60K35/28B60K35/29B60K2360/165B60K2360/175B60K2360/178B60K2360/1876B60Y2200/112B60Y2200/91
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Patent No.
US 12,626,619
App. No.
18/514,437
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display method includes displaying an advertisement (predetermined video) on a navigation system (display device) of an electrically powered vehicle in response to detection of performance, by a user, of an operation for causing the electrically powered vehicle to be autonomously parked in a battery station (battery replacement station).

Claims (36)

1 . A display method comprising:

detecting performance of a predetermined process related to battery replacement in a battery replacement station including a battery that is to replace a battery of an electrically powered vehicle, the battery of the electrically powered vehicle being a first battery, the battery included in the battery replacement station being a second battery; and

displaying a predetermined video on a display device in response to detection of performance of the predetermined process, the displaying facilitates viewing of the predetermined video during a process of the battery replacement.

2 . The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the detecting includes detecting performance, by a user of the electrically powered vehicle, of an operation for causing the electrically powered vehicle to be autonomously parked in the battery replacement station, and

the displaying includes displaying the predetermined video on the display device in response to detection of performance, by the user, of the operation for causing the electrically powered vehicle to be autonomously parked in the battery replacement station.

3 . The display method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

detecting completion of autonomous parking of the electrically powered vehicle in the battery replacement station; and

stopping display of the predetermined video on the display device in response to detection of completion of autonomous parking of the electrically powered vehicle in the battery replacement station.

4 . The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the detecting includes detecting completion of parking of the electrically powered vehicle in the battery replacement station, and

the displaying includes starting display of the predetermined video on the display device in response to detection of completion of parking of the electrically powered vehicle in the battery replacement station.

5 . The display method according to claim 4 , wherein the displaying includes displaying the predetermined video and a selection portion that receives an operation for starting the battery replacement on a same screen on the display device, in response to detection of completion of parking of the electrically powered vehicle in the battery replacement station.

6 . The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the detecting includes detecting entrance of the electrically powered vehicle into the battery replacement station, and

the displaying includes starting display of the predetermined video on the display device in response to detection of entrance of the electrically powered vehicle into the battery replacement station.

7 . The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the detecting includes detecting performance, by a user of the electrically powered vehicle, of an operation for starting the battery replacement, and

the displaying includes starting display of the predetermined video on the display device in response to detection of performance, by the user, of the operation for starting the battery replacement.

8 . The display method according to claim 1 , further comprising displaying a notice regarding the battery replacement on the display device before the battery replacement is started, wherein

the displaying includes displaying the predetermined video on the display device after the notice is displayed.

9 . The display method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting completion of the battery replacement; and

stopping display of the predetermined video on the display device in response to detection of completion of the battery replacement.

10 . The display method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

acquiring user information about a user of the electrically powered vehicle; and

determining the predetermined video based on the user information.

11 . The display method according to claim 1 , further comprising determining the predetermined video based on information about the second battery.

12 . The display method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying includes displaying, on the display device, an advertisement about a facility in proximity of the battery replacement station, based on position information of the battery replacement station.

13 . A display control device comprising:

a communication unit that communicates with at least one of an electrically powered vehicle where a first battery is mounted, and a battery replacement station including a second battery that is to replace the first battery; and

a controller that detects performance of a predetermined process related to battery replacement in the battery replacement station, and that performs control of causing a display device to display a predetermined video, in response to detection of performance of the predetermined process, the controller facilitates viewing of the predetermined video during a process of the battery replacement.

14 . A display control system comprising:

a first processing device that performs a process of battery replacement in a battery replacement station including a battery that is to replace a battery of an electrically powered vehicle, the battery of the electrically powered vehicle being a first battery, the battery included in the battery replacement station being a second battery; and

a second processing device that performs a process of displaying a predetermined video on a display device, wherein

the second processing device performs the process of displaying a predetermined video on the display device, in a case where performance of a predetermined process by the first processing device is detected, the second processing device facilitates viewing of the predetermined video during a process of the battery replacement.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2023
From: MURATA, SOSHIRO; UMENO, HIROSHI; NOMURA, TAKAHIRO; ONOZUKA, YUYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065686/0072 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-194363 · Dec 5, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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