| CPC G06Q 10/06311 (2013.01) [B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); B60L 53/80 (2019.02)] | 7 Claims |
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1. A display control method that is performed by a processor of a vehicle, the vehicle including a display device and a battery, the processor being configured to control the display device, the display device being configured to display information of a charging facility and a replacement facility, the display control method comprising:
acquiring, periodically from a server of the charging facility or the replacement facility, data including a total number of waiting vehicles at the charging facility or the replacement facility and a time required to charge or replace a battery of each waiting vehicle of the waiting vehicles;
calculating, by the processor, a waiting time based on the acquired data and an elapsed time since the data was acquired;
determining whether the waiting time of the charging facility or the replacement facility is equal to or less than a predetermined time;
determining whether the charging facility or the replacement facility is located within a travel time from the vehicle equal to or less than the predetermined time;
displaying, by the display device, an icon corresponding to the information of the charging facility or the replacement facility in a case where the waiting time of the charging facility or the replacement facility is equal to or less than the predetermined time and the charging facility or the replacement facility is located within the travel time from the vehicle that is equal to or less than the predetermined time;
controlling the display device to change, a color of the icon according to the elapsed time and the waiting time such that the color becomes darker as the elapsed time increases and the waiting time decreases; and
displaying, by the display device, a travel route to the charging facility or the replacement facility.
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