US 12,420,637 B2
Vehicle display control device, vehicle display control system, and vehicle display control method
Masashi Nose, Nagoya (JP); Tomoaki Miyazawa, Nagoya (JP); Kazuya Kumazawa, Nagoya (JP); Miki Tsujino, Nagakute (JP); and Tsukasa Kitazawa, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/490,332.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-194441 (JP), filed on Dec. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0181878 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 2360/162 (2024.01); B60K 2360/175 (2024.01); B60K 2360/176 (2024.01); B60Y 2400/92 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle display control device that is configured to cause display of a vehicle image simulating a vehicle steered for performing a lane change, at a display area at a periphery of a driver's seat, in a case of a lane change by autonomous driving or a lane change by driving assistance, the vehicle control device comprising:
a processor configured to:
acquire a scheduled travel path of the vehicle,
display the scheduled travel path of the vehicle at the display area,
acquire peripheral conditions of the vehicle,
determine if the lane change is necessary based on at least one of the scheduled travel path of the vehicle and the peripheral conditions of the vehicle, and
when it is determined that the lane change is necessary
interrupt display of the scheduled travel path of the vehicle at the display area,
acquire a steering angle of the vehicle, and
cause the vehicle image to display to change an angle of the vehicle image with a front part of the vehicle image to face a direction of a lane to which the vehicle will move according to the acquired steering angle,
wherein the processor is configured to display the scheduled travel path of the vehicle at the display area after the lane change has been completed.