Vehicle display control device and vehicle display control method for displaying predicted wheel locus

A vehicle display control method comprising:

• determining a guide line representing a predicted locus of a wheel of a vehicle according to a steering angle of the vehicle;
• and
• displaying an image of a field view of the vehicle including a vehicle body of vehicle on a display device, wherein
• in the displaying, the guide line is superimposed on the image of the field view regardless of the steering angle,
• a first part of the guide line overlaps with the vehicle body and is semi-transparently displayed, such that an overlapped portion of the vehicle body is semi-visible through the first part of the guide line, and
• a second part of the guide line does not overlap with the vehicle body and is non-transparently displayed.

A vehicle display control device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium,
• wherein the vehicle display control device is configured to:
• acquire a captured image including a vehicle portion and a non-vehicle portion;
• determine a predicted locus of a wheel for a guide line, based at least partly on a steering angle;
• create a composite image for display based upon layers, wherein the layers include:
• (i) a field image layer including the vehicle portion and the non-vehicle portion;
• (ii) a guide line layer located above the field image layer, and including a first part of the guide line and a second part of the guide line, wherein
• the first part of the guide line overlaps the vehicle portion and is semi-transparent such that an overlapped portion of the vehicle portion is semi-visible through the first part of the guide line, wherein
• the second part of the guide line does not overlap the vehicle portion and is non-transparent;
• and
• display the composite image.