US 12,403,824 B2
Road surface drawing control device
Nobukazu Ueki, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/508,717.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-188329 (JP), filed on Nov. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174169 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 25/31 (2013.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); B60R 25/30 (2013.01)
CPC B60Q 1/543 (2022.05) [B60Q 1/52 (2013.01); B60R 25/305 (2013.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A road surface drawing control device for a vehicle comprising: a target information acquisition device that acquires information of targets around a vehicle; a communication device that communicates with a remote operation terminal device that is operated by a user of the vehicle; a road surface drawing device that draws a road surface around the vehicle; and an electronic control unit that controls operation of the road surface drawing device,
the electronic control unit is configured to operate the road surface drawing device to draw the road surface in at least one of a situation where the electronic control unit determines that the user of the vehicle is within a range of a reference distance from the vehicle and a situation where the electronic control unit determines that the remote operation terminal device is operated by communication between the communication device and the remote operation terminal device, based on at least one of the information of targets acquired by the target information acquisition device and communication between the communication device and the remote operation terminal device, wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to change recognizability of the road surface drawing according to at least one of a distance between the user of the vehicle and the vehicle, brightness around the vehicle and the number of operations on the remote operation terminal device such that the recognizability of the road surface drawing becomes higher as the distance between the user of the vehicle and the vehicle is larger, the recognizability of the road surface drawing becomes higher as the brightness around the vehicle is higher, and the recognizability of the road surface drawing becomes higher as the number of operations on the remote operation terminal device is larger.