US 12,330,630 B2
Display control device, parking assist apparatus and display control method
Michio Obora, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on May 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/652,418.
Application 18/652,418 is a continuation of application No. 17/331,234, filed on May 26, 2021, granted, now 11,999,342.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278775 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC B60W 30/06 (2013.01) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/584 (2022.01); G06V 20/586 (2022.01); G08G 1/142 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02); B60W 2554/20 (2020.02); G06T 2207/30264 (2013.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control method for a vehicle control apparatus mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle control apparatus coupled with at least one camera and a display apparatus, the at least one camera and the display apparatus being mounted on the vehicle, the at least one camera configured to capture images of ambient areas of the vehicle, the vehicle control method comprising:
detecting a first available parking space, in accordance with a first image captured by the at least one camera at a first point in time;
detecting a second available parking space, in accordance with a second image captured by the at least one camera at a second point in time, the first point in time being before the second point in time and the vehicle travelling between the detecting of the first available parking space at the first point in time and the detecting of the second available parking space at the second point in time, the first available parking space being located in a first ambient area of the ambient areas, the second available parking space being located in a second ambient area of the ambient areas, the first ambient area being distinct from the second ambient area;
outputting a first display image to the display apparatus, the first display image corresponding to the second image of the second ambient area captured by the at least one camera, when the second image of the second ambient area captured by the at least one camera includes the first available parking space and the second available parking space; and
outputting a second display image to the display apparatus, the second display image being generated by combining plural images captured by the at least one camera, the second display image including the first available parking space and the second available parking space, when the second image of the second ambient area captured by the at least one camera excludes the first available parking space.