Display control device, display device, and display control program product for superimposing an emphasized image item

A display device mounted on a vehicle installed with a parking support function, the display device displaying a rear image captured by a rear camera, the rear camera capturing a rear area of the vehicle, the display device comprising:

• an image acquisition unit acquiring the rear image captured by the rear camera;
• an image processing unit superimposing, in response to the parking support function that supports parking of the vehicle at a target parking position being activated, a target image item indicating the target parking position at a predetermined position of the rear image which corresponds to the target parking position, the target image item having a frame shape or a planner shape;
• and
• a display displays the rear image on which the target image item is superimposed,
• wherein
• the image processing unit is configured to:
• superimpose at least a part of the target image item in a translucent manner on the rear image;
• superimpose, on the rear image, an emphasized image item that emphasizes at least four corners of the target image item;
• and
• superimpose the emphasized image item on the rear image in a translucent manner at a position where the emphasized image item does not overlap with the target image item.

A display control program product used in a vehicle installed with a parking support function, the display control program product being stored in a computer-readable non-transitory tangible storage medium as instructions to be executed by at least one processing unit to control a display mounted on the vehicle to display a rear image captured by a rear camera, the instructions comprising:

• acquiring the rear image captured by the rear camera;
• and
• in response to the parking support function that supports parking of the vehicle at a target parking position being activated, superimposing a target image item and an emphasized image item on the rear image;
• wherein
• the target image item indicates the target parking position with a frame shape or a planner shape,
• the target image item is superimposed on the rear image at a position corresponding to the target parking position and at least a part of the target image item is superimposed in a translucent manner on the rear image, and
• the emphasized image item emphasizes at least four corners of the target image item,
• the emphasized image item is superimposed on the rear image in a translucent manner at a position where the emphasized image item does not overlap with the target image item.