US 10,254,539 B2Granted

On-vehicle device, method of controlling on-vehicle device, and computer-readable storage medium

AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsYoko Ishiguro, Hidenori Uno

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Abstract

On the basis of information detected from a peripheral situation detecting section and information from an automatic driving support section, a display control section generates image data in which marks for driving support of an own vehicle are drawn so as to be superposed on a forward situation diagram that shows a situation at a front side. Further, from information detected by an eye detecting section and from the image data, the display control section sets a vanishing point in accordance with a height position of eyes and computes a display image. Moreover, on the basis of the information detected by the eye detecting section, the display control section causes a display image to be displayed on the front windshield glass by a HUD such that the vanishing point is set in accordance with the height position of the eyes.

Claims8

Dependent claims

An on-vehicle device comprising:

a peripheral situation detector that detects a situation of a periphery of an own vehicle;
a display that is able to display an image, on a front windshield glass of the own vehicle, in a manner of being superposed on a scene of a real space at a vehicle front side of the own vehicle;
an eye detector that detects a height position of eyes of a driver of the own vehicle;
and
at least one processor programmed to:
support driving of the own vehicle by the driver by controlling the own vehicle based on the situation of the periphery of the own vehicle that was detected by the peripheral situation detector;
generate image data, in which marks for driving support of the own vehicle are drawn so as to be superposed on a forward situation diagram that shows a situation at a front side of the own vehicle, based on the detected situation of the periphery of the own vehicle and information obtained from supporting the driving of the own vehicle;
set a vanishing point in accordance with the height position of the eyes of the driver and compute a display image depicted by a one-point perspective drawing method from the detected height position of eyes of the driver and the generated image data;
cause the display image to be displayed on the front windshield glass by the display such that the vanishing point is set in accordance with the height position of the eyes of the driver based on the detected height position of the eyes of the driver, wherein:
the marks include a first mark, that is shaped as an arrow and shows a traveling direction of an other vehicle in the detected situation of the periphery of the own vehicle, and a second mark, that is shaped as an arrow and shows a planned traveling direction of the own vehicle;
and
the first mark includes, in order from a tip end of the arrow toward another end of the arrow, a distal end portion, a first intermediate portion, a second intermediate portion and a near portion;
in response to determining that an inter-vehicle distance between the other vehicle and the own vehicle is smaller than a threshold value that is set in advance;
display the first intermediate portion, the second intermediate portion and the near portion of the first mark;
and
not display the distal end portion of the first mark;
and
in response to determining that the inter-vehicle distance between the other vehicle and the own vehicle is greater than or equal to the threshold value;
display the distal end portion, the first intermediate portion and the second intermediate portion of the first mark;
and
not display the near portion of the first mark.

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A method of controlling an on-vehicle device that has;

a peripheral situation detector that detects a situation of a periphery of an own vehicle;
at least one processor programmed to support driving of the own vehicle by a driver by controlling the own vehicle based on the situation of the periphery of the own vehicle that was detected by the peripheral situation detector;
a display that is able to display an image, on a front windshield glass of the own vehicle, in a manner of being superposed on a scene of a real space at a vehicle front side of the own vehicle;
and
an eye detector that detects a height position of eyes of the driver of the own vehicle,
the method comprising:
generating image data, in which marks for driving support of the own vehicle are drawn so as to be superposed on a forward situation diagram that shows a situation at a front side of the own vehicle, based on the detected situation of the periphery of the own vehicle and information obtained from supporting the driving of the own vehicle;
setting a vanishing point in accordance with the height position of the eyes of the driver and computing a display image depicted by a one-point perspective drawing method from the detected height position of eyes of the driver and the generated image data;
causing the display image to be displayed on the front windshield glass by the display such that the vanishing point is set in accordance with the height position of the eyes of the driver based on the detected height position of the eyes of the driver, wherein:
the marks include a first mark, that is shaped as an arrow and shows a traveling direction of an other vehicle in the detected situation of the periphery of the own vehicle, and a second mark, that is shaped as an arrow and shows a planned traveling direction of the own vehicle;
and
the first mark includes, in order from a tip end of the arrow toward another end of the arrow, a distal end portion, a first intermediate portion, a second intermediate portion and a near portion;
in response to determining that an inter-vehicle distance between the other vehicle and the own vehicle is smaller than a threshold value that is set in advance;
displaying the first intermediate portion, the second intermediate portion and the near portion of the first mark;
and
not displaying the distal end portion of the first mark;
and
in response to determining that the inter-vehicle distance between the other vehicle and the own vehicle is greater than or equal to the threshold value;
displaying the distal end portion, the first intermediate portion and the second intermediate portion of the first mark;
and
not displaying the near portion of the first mark.

18 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program of an on-vehicle device that has:

a peripheral situation detector that detects a situation of a periphery of an own vehicle;
at least one processor programmed to support driving of the own vehicle by a driver by controlling the own vehicle based on the situation of the periphery of the own vehicle that was detected by the peripheral situation detector;
a display that is able to display an image, on a front windshield glass of the own vehicle, in a manner of being superposed on a scene of a real space at a vehicle front side of the own vehicle;
and
an eye detector that detects a height position of eyes of the driver of the own vehicle,
the control program causing a computer with the at least one processor that is included in the on-vehicle device to execute processing comprising:
generating image data, in which marks for driving support of the own vehicle are drawn so as to be superposed on a forward situation diagram that shows a situation at a front side of the own vehicle, based on the detected situation of the periphery of the own vehicle and information obtained from supporting the driving of the own vehicle;
setting a vanishing point in accordance with the height position of the eyes of the driver and computing a display image depicted by a one-point perspective drawing method from the detected height position of eyes of the driver and the generated image data;
causing the display image to be displayed on the front windshield glass by the display such that the vanishing point is set in accordance with the height position of the eyes of the driver based on the detected height position of the eyes of the driver, wherein:
the marks include a first mark, that is shaped as an arrow and shows a traveling direction of an other vehicle in the detected situation of the periphery of the own vehicle, and a second mark, that is shaped as an arrow and shows a planned traveling direction of the own vehicle;
and
the first mark includes, in order from a tip end of the arrow toward another end of the arrow, a distal end portion, a first intermediate portion, a second intermediate portion and a near portion;
in response to determining that an inter-vehicle distance between the other vehicle and the own vehicle is smaller than a threshold value that is set in advance;
displaying the first intermediate portion, the second intermediate portion and the near portion of the first mark;
and
not displaying the distal end portion of the first mark;
and
in response to determining that the inter-vehicle distance between the other vehicle and the own vehicle is greater than or equal to the threshold value;
displaying the distal end portion, the first intermediate portion and the second intermediate portion of the first mark;
and
not displaying the near portion of the first mark.

18 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/423,018Filed 2 Feb 2017
Priority: JP 2016-02826917 Feb 2016
Published: US 2017/0235135 A117 Aug 2017
Granted: 9 Apr 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

G02B 27/01
Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00: head-up displays
B60K 35/235
Head-up displays [HUD]: with means for detecting the driver's gaze direction or eye points
B60K 35/28
Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor: characterised by the type of the…
B60K 35/81
Arrangements for controlling instruments: for controlling displays