US 11,702,006 B2
Vehicle display device
Yoshitaka Fuwamoto, Mishima (JP); Arata Takada, Toyota (JP); Masayuki Azuma, Miyoshi (JP); Eri Minamino, Kasugai (JP); and Tsuyoshi Oba, Aichi-gun (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,857.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-120872 (JP), filed on Jul. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0022634 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 9/00 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle display device comprising:
a light emitting device having a light emitting portion that is linear and that is provided at a front side of a vehicle cabin such that direct light that is emitted can be seen by a driver;
a memory;
a processor coupled to the memory; and
an information acquisition device that acquires information regarding a periphery of a vehicle,
wherein the light emitting portion is disposed at a height position that is configured to be further toward a lower side than a visual field of the driver in a case in which the driver drives while looking straight ahead,
wherein, in a case in which the processor determines, based on information acquired by the information acquisition device, that a degree of necessity of alerting the driver is within a predetermined range that is lower than a preset reference, the processor controls the light emitting device so as to cause the light emitting portion to emit light, and
wherein, in a case in which the driver does not perform a preset action in response to the light emission, the processor causes an alert, which is different from the light emission, to be provided to the driver.