US 12,459,362 B2
Display device
Hironori Ito, Tokyo (JP); Naoki Nishimura, Tokyo (JP); Takashi Ota, Tokyo (JP); Hisanobu Inoue, Kawasaki (JP); and Kana Yamashita, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/608,218.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-063349 (JP), filed on Apr. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0336141 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/81 (2024.01) [B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 2360/171 (2024.01); B60K 2360/175 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1868 (2024.01); B60K 2360/21 (2024.01); B60R 2300/607 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
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1. A display device provided in a vehicle configured to acquire map information that allows an autonomous driving control at a predetermined assist level to be executed, and configured to execute the autonomous driving control at the predetermined assist level based on the map information, the display device comprising:
a memory that stores a program; and
a processor configured to execute the program stored in the memory, so as to:
generate a status image presented to a driver of the vehicle based on detection result of an external sensor of the vehicle, the status image representing a current status of the vehicle and surroundings of the vehicle;
acquire the map information and recognize an acquisition status of the map information;
set a display mode of the status image based on the acquisition status of the map information; and
display the status image on a display unit of the vehicle in the display mode; wherein
the acquisition status includes a first case in which the map information is acquired and the autonomous driving control at the predetermined assist level is allowed to be executed, a second case in which the map information is acquired and the autonomous driving control at the predetermined assist level is not allowed to be executed, and a third case in which the map information is temporarily unavailable, and
the display mode is set so that the display mode of the first case, the display mode of the second case and the display mode of the third case are different from each other.