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Granted Patent B2
US 12,644,719 · App. 18/765,809 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

In-vehicle control device

Inventor: Yuki Yamada (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G01C21/3469G01C21/3667
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Patent No.
US 12,644,719
App. No.
18/765,809
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An in-vehicle control device is mounted on a vehicle that includes an engine, a motor for traveling, a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor, and map information, and that is configured to perform electric traveling. The in-vehicle control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to display an electric traveling setting area, in which the vehicle performs electric traveling, on the map information using a first display method. The processor is configured to display an electric traveling possible area, in which the vehicle is able to perform electric traveling, on the map information using a second display method different from the first display method.

Claims (17)

1 . An in-vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle that (i) includes an engine, a motor for traveling, a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor, and map information and (ii) is configured to perform electric traveling, the in-vehicle control device comprising a processor configured to:

display an electric traveling setting area, in which the vehicle should perform electric traveling, on the map information using a first display method, the electric traveling setting area having been set without reference to a remaining amount of the battery or a fully charged amount of the battery; and

display an electric traveling possible area, in which the vehicle is able to perform electric traveling, on the map information using a second display method different from the first display method, the electric traveling possible area being different from the electric traveling setting area.

2 . The in-vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

display the electric traveling possible area in the electric traveling setting area using the second display method; and

display an electric traveling impossible area, in which the vehicle is not able to perform electric traveling, using a third display method.

3 . The in-vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to set the electric traveling setting area based on at least one of an input from a user and the map information.

4 . The in-vehicle control device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to, when setting the electric traveling setting area based on the input from the user, notify that the electric traveling setting area is not able to be set in a case where the electric traveling setting area is wider than the electric traveling possible area.

5 . The in-vehicle control device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured not to, when setting the electric traveling setting area based on the input from the user, set the electric traveling setting area in a case where the electric traveling setting area is wider than the electric traveling possible area.

6 . The in-vehicle control device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to, when attempting to set the electric traveling setting area in an area less than a predetermined distance from an electric traveling setting area that has already been set based on the input from the user, notify that the electric traveling setting area is not able to be set.

7 . The in-vehicle control device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured not to, when attempting to set the electric traveling setting area in an area less than a predetermined distance from an electric traveling setting area that has already been set based on the input from the user, set the electric traveling setting area.

8 . The in-vehicle control device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:

set the electric traveling setting area through communication with a mobile terminal of the user; and

perform the communication such that the same display as at least one of display of the electric traveling setting area on the map information using the first display method and display of the electric traveling possible area on the map information using the second display method is performed on the mobile terminal.

9 . The in-vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the electric traveling possible area based on the remaining amount of the battery or the fully charged amount of the battery.

10 . The in-vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the electric traveling possible area based on the remaining amount of the battery that is assumed when the vehicle travels a predetermined distance while driving the engine and charging the battery.

11 . The in-vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the electric traveling setting area is set based on input from a user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2024
From: YAMADA, YUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 067926/0967 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-135827 · Aug 23, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250067567A1 · Feb 27, 2025
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