US 11,833,973 B2
Vehicle display device, vehicle display method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing vehicle display program
Tomohito Higuma, Toyota (JP); and Yosuke Kubota, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,511.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-128449 (JP), filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0038913 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/22 (2022.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/22 (2022.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60K 2370/176 (2019.05); B60K 2370/188 (2019.05); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/303 (2013.01); B60R 2300/607 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle display device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to a plurality of cameras and to the memory, the processor being configured to:
acquire respective image data of a front side, of a left lateral side, of a right lateral side and of a rear side of an associated vehicle from the plurality of cameras;
after converting the image data into viewpoints of viewing downward from a virtual camera position set at a central upper position of the associated vehicle, combine the image data so as to generate an overhead surround view composite image in which an entire periphery of the associated vehicle is seen in an overhead view;
generate
a wide-range rear image by combining the image data of the left lateral side, the image data of the rear side and the image data of the right lateral side,
a left rear image by combining the image data of the left lateral side and the image data of the rear side,
a right rear image by combining the image data of the rear side and the image data of the right lateral side,
a front image by trimming the image data of the front side of the associated vehicle, and
a rear image by trimming the image data of the rear side of the associated vehicle;
calculate angles of view of the wide-range rear image, the left rear image, the right rear image, the front image and the rear image in the image data that were used in generating the wide-range rear image, the left rear image, the right rear image, the front image and the rear image respectively; and
control an in-vehicle display such that any of the wide-range rear image, the left rear image, the right rear image, the front image or the rear image are displayed in a first display region of the in-vehicle display, and such that information expressing angles of view corresponding to images displayed in the first display region is displayed in a second display region of the in-vehicle display in a manner of being superimposed on the overhead surround view composite image.