US 12,229,888 B2
Display method and display device for providing surrounding information based on driving condition
Tatsuya Koyama, Kyoto (JP); Takahiro Nishi, Nara (JP); Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka (JP); Tadamasa Toma, Osaka (JP); Satoshi Yoshikawa, Hyogo (JP); and Toru Matsunobu, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/220,429.
Application 18/220,429 is a continuation of application No. 17/554,482, filed on Dec. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,748,947.
Application 17/554,482 is a continuation of application No. 16/860,741, filed on Apr. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,238,648, issued on Feb. 1, 2022.
Application 16/860,741 is a continuation of application No. 16/391,884, filed on Apr. 23, 2019, granted, now 10,719,984, issued on Jul. 21, 2020.
Application 16/391,884 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2017/037929, filed on Oct. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/415,645, filed on Nov. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0351688 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06T 15/10 (2011.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 17/05 (2013.01) [G01C 21/36 (2013.01); G01C 21/3635 (2013.01); G06T 15/10 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); G09B 21/00 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); B60R 2300/605 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
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1. A display method performed by a display control device that operates in conjunction with a mobile object, the display method comprising:
generating first surrounding information and second surrounding information, the first surrounding information indicating a surrounding condition of the mobile object based on two-dimensional information, the second surrounding information indicating the surrounding condition of the mobile object based on three-dimensional data;
determining which one of the first surrounding information and the second surrounding information is to be displayed, based on brightness of surroundings of the mobile object; and
controlling a display to display the one of the first surrounding information and the second surrounding information,
wherein the display is further controlled to switch information to be displayed between the first surrounding information and the second surrounding information, based on a change in the brightness of surroundings of the mobile object.