US 12,240,324 B2
Display control device, display device, vehicle, method, and storage medium
Ryusuke Shimizu, Nisshin (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/932,758.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-163033 (JP), filed on Oct. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0106754 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60S 1/48 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60S 1/48 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1434 (2024.01); B60K 2360/16 (2024.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display control device installed in a vehicle, the display control device comprising a processor
configured to execute
receiving dirt detection information concerning dirt of a vehicle-mounted sensor installed in the vehicle;
receiving a permission from a user for displaying or highlighting a wash execution button displayed on a display installed in the vehicle for executing washing of the vehicle-mounted sensor;
controlling display of the wash execution button based on the dirt detection information and the permission;
determining whether dirt adheres to the vehicle-mounted sensor after washing based on the dirt detection information from the environmental images captured by the vehicle-mounted sensor;
when the processor receives the dirt detection information and the permission, and when the processor determines that dirt adheres to the vehicle-mounted sensor, displaying the wash execution button; and
when the processor determines that dirt does not adhere to the vehicle-mounted sensor, not displaying the wash execution button.