US 12,325,443 B2
Vehicle display control device, vehicle display system, vehicle display control method, and vehicle display control program
Satoaki Takabatake, Nisshin (JP); Koji Kimura, Nagoya (JP); Junji Miyazaki, Nagoya (JP); Ryo Ogata, Toyota (JP); Yuki Yoshida, Toyota (JP); and Tadashi Morishita, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/602,602.
Application 18/602,602 is a continuation of application No. 17/372,719, filed on Jul. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,987,258.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-146332 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0217535 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 60/0057 (2020.02); G06F 3/1407 (2013.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 2360/178 (2024.01); B60K 2360/349 (2024.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2530/18 (2013.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02)] 10 Claims
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1. A vehicle display control device, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:
cause a display unit provided in a vehicle cabin to display one of a first inducement image, a second inducement image and a third inducement image requesting that an occupant grip a steering wheel,
cause the display unit to display the first inducement image or the second inducement image based on at least one of a distance or a time until the vehicle switches from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode, in a case of requesting that the occupant grip the steering wheel before the vehicle switches from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode,
cause the display unit to display the third inducement image for requesting that the occupant continues to grip the steering wheel as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously, and
cause the display unit to display a fourth inducement image in a case of requesting that the occupant grip the steering wheel before an occurrence of a vehicle event which comprises vehicle merging, vehicle changing lanes, and vehicle approaching an intersection, as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously, wherein:
the fourth inducement image is displayed in one of the following manners as compared to the third inducement image:
having an increased density, having an increased brightness, having an increased size, having a differently oriented position, or having an increase in flashing on and off, and
the first inducement image or the second inducement image is displayed in one of the following manners as compared to the fourth inducement image:
having an increased density, having an increased brightness, having an increased size, having a differently oriented position, or having an increase in flashing on and off.