US 12,327,475 B2
Vehicle display device, vehicle display system, vehicle display method, and non-transitory storage medium storing a program
Yasushi Sakuma, Aichi-ken (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/635,096.
Application 18/635,096 is a continuation of application No. 17/809,756, filed on Jun. 29, 2022, granted, now 12,014,631.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-122033 (JP), filed on Jul. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0274005 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/0962 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC G08G 1/0962 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/16 (2024.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle display device, comprising:
a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
acquire information relating to a degree of curvature of a travel lane;
determine whether or not deceleration of a vehicle is required based on the degree of curvature of the travel lane, a maximum travel speed corresponding to the curvature of the travel lane, and a vehicle speed;
in a case in which deceleration is required, cause a display device to display predetermined first markings superimposed along the travel lane so as to appear like they are floating above a white line of the travel lane at a display region inside a vehicle cabin; and
in a case in which deceleration is not required, not cause the first markings to be displayed at the display region;
wherein the processor is configured to cause a plurality of three dimensional, parallel-piped arrow feather-shaped markings to be displayed at the display region along a curve in an upright state, and to cause the plurality of arrow feather-shaped markings to be displayed at the display region such that angles of adjacent arrow feathers differ; and
the markings are displayed in an animated manner in order starting from the nearest marking, and such that the speed at which the markings are displayed is gradually reduced.