US 11,996,018 B2
Display control device and display control program product
Akira Kamiya, Kariya (JP); Takamitsu Suzuki, Kariya (JP); Takashi Ichida, Kariya (JP); Takeshi Hatoh, Kariya (JP); Kazuki Kojima, Kariya (JP); and Daisuke Takemori, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,638.
Application 17/568,638 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/025131, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-127113 (JP), filed on Jul. 8, 2019; application No. 2019-172399 (JP), filed on Sep. 23, 2019; and application No. 2020-107105 (JP), filed on Jun. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0130296 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/005 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01)
CPC G09G 3/002 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); G08G 1/005 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 2360/179 (2024.01); G09G 2340/12 (2013.01); G09G 2380/10 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display control device used in a vehicle to control a display on a head-up display, the display control device comprising:
a point determination unit determining whether a caution point exists in front of the vehicle along a traveling direction of the vehicle;
an angle of view determination unit determining whether the caution point is included in an angle of view of the head-up display; and
a display control unit displaying a caution content notifying an existence of the caution point to an occupant of the vehicle in response to the point determination unit determining the existence of the caution point,
wherein
the display control unit displays the caution content as a superimposed content, which is displayed with the caution point as a superimposition target, in response to the angle of view determination unit determining that the caution point is included in the angle of view,
the display control unit displays the caution content as a non-superimposed content, which is displayed with no superimposition target, in response to the angle of view determination unit determining that the caution point is not included in the angle of view,
the point determination unit determines a type of the caution point, and
the display control unit notifies the existence of the caution point to the occupant by displaying the caution content associated with the type of the caution point determined by the point determination unit.