# US 12,112,085 B2 · Vehicle display control device, vehicle display control method, and vehicle display control program product

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- Number: US 12,112,085 B2
- Document ID: US12112085B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/475,509
- Filed: 2021-09-15
- Published: 2022-01-06
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2019-03-18
- Assignees: Denso Corporation
- Applicants: Denso Corporation
- Inventors: Masato Utsunomiya; Jinhae Choi; Shohei Sato; Hiroki Matsui
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12112085B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units}
- G09G 5/363: {Graphics controllers}
- B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
- B60K 35/22: Display screens
- B60K 35/28: characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
- B60K 35/81: for controlling displays
- B60R 16/02: electric {constitutive elements}
- G01C 21/26: specially adapted for navigation in a road network
- G02B 27/01: Head-up displays
- G06T 11/00: Two-dimensional [2D] image generation
- G08B 5/22: using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
- G08G 1/0968: Systems involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle
- G08G 1/16: Anti-collision systems (road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08)
- G06F 3/147: using display panels
- G09G 2380/10: Automotive applications
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)
- B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})

## Abstract

A vehicle display control device includes a display and a display controller executing a content display process to display, on the display, a content indicating an operation time of a vehicle. The display controller stops executing of the content display process in response to the vehicle being not operated at the operation time indicated by the displayed content.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle display control device comprising:
a display; and
a display controller executing a content display process to display, on the display, a content indicating an operation time of a vehicle, the operation time of the vehicle including at least one of accelerator on information, accelerator off information, brake on information and brake off information, wherein
the display controller stops executing the content display process in response to the vehicle being not operated at the operation time indicated by the displayed content,
the operation time of the vehicle indicates a start time of an operation to be made by a driver of the vehicle,
the operation to be made by the driver of the vehicle includes at least one of accelerator on, accelerator off, brake on and brake off, and
the content indicating the operation time of the vehicle is displayed on the display before the driver actually performs the operation of the vehicle and visually guides, in advance, the driver about the operation time at which the operation of the vehicle should be made.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle display control device according to claim 1, wherein
the display controller executes a reset process in response to the vehicle being not operated at the operation time indicated by the displayed content, and
in the reset process, the display controller resets a subsequent operation time and displays a content indicating the reset subsequent operation time on the display.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The vehicle display control device according to claim 2, wherein,
when the vehicle is not operated at the operation time indicated by the displayed content, the display controller executes the reset process after an elapse of a predetermined time period from the operation time indicated by the displayed content.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle display control device according to claim 1, wherein
the display controller displays, on the display, denotation information indicating a denotation of the operation time indicated by the displayed content.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The vehicle display control device according to claim 1, wherein
the display controller executes a predetermined notification process in response to an arrival of the operation time indicated by the displayed content.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The vehicle display control device according to claim 1, wherein
the display includes a display area which enables a display of a plurality of the contents, and
the display controller displays a part of the plurality of the contents in the display area of the display.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The vehicle display control device according to claim 1, wherein the display includes a display area which enables a display of a plurality of the contents, and
the display controller displays, in the display area, a part of the plurality of the contents in a different display mode from a display mode of a remaining part of the plurality of the contents.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The vehicle display control device according to claim 1, wherein the content includes recommended travel lane information indicating a recommended travel lane of the vehicle.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The vehicle display control device according to claim 1, further comprising:
an operation input unit operated by a driver of the vehicle and inputting an operation to the vehicle,
wherein the content includes operation amount information indicating an operation amount of the operation input unit.

### Claim 10

A vehicle display control device comprising:
a display; and
a display controller executing a content display process to display, on the display, a content indicating an operation time of a vehicle, the operation time of the vehicle including at least one of accelerator on information, accelerator off information, brake on information and brake off information, wherein
the display controller enables a display of the content in a superimposed manner in which the content is superimposed on an object included in a foreground of the vehicle or in a non-superimposed manner in which the content is not superimposed on the object included in the foreground of the vehicle,
the operation time of the vehicle indicates a start time of an operation to be made by a driver of the vehicle,
the operation to be made by the driver of the vehicle includes at least one of accelerator on, accelerator off, brake on and brake off, and
the content indicating the operation time of the vehicle is displayed on the display before the driver actually performs the operation of the vehicle and visually guides, in advance, the driver about the operation time at which the operation of the vehicle should be made.

### Claim 11

A vehicle display control method comprising:
executing, by a microcomputer, a content display process that displays, on a display, a content indicating an operation time of a vehicle, the operation time of the vehicle including at least one of accelerator on information, accelerator off information, brake on information and brake off information; and
stopping execution of the content display process in response to the vehicle being not operated at the operation time indicated by the displayed content, wherein
the operation time of the vehicle indicates a start time of an operation to be made by a driver of the vehicle,
the operation to be made by the driver of the vehicle includes at least one of accelerator on, accelerator off, brake on and brake off, and
the content indicating the operation time of the vehicle is displayed on the display before the driver actually performs the operation of the vehicle and visually guides, in advance, the driver about the operation time at which the operation of the vehicle should be made.

### Claim 12

A vehicle display control method comprising:
executing, by a microcomputer, a content display process that displays, on a display, a content indicating an operation time of a vehicle, the operation time of the vehicle including at least one of accelerator on information, accelerator off information, brake on information and brake off information, wherein
the content display process enables a display of the content in a superimposed manner in which the content is superimposed on an object included in a foreground of the vehicle or in a non-superimposed manner in which the content is not superimposed on the object included in the foreground of the vehicle,
the operation time of the vehicle indicates a start time of an operation to be made by a driver of the vehicle,
the operation to be made by the driver of the vehicle includes at least one of accelerator on, accelerator off, brake on and brake off, and
the content indicating the operation time of the vehicle is displayed on the display before the driver actually performs the operation of the vehicle and visually guides, in advance, the driver about the operation time at which the operation of the vehicle should be made.

### Claim 13

A vehicle display control program product stored in a computer readable non-transitory storage medium, the vehicle display control program product comprising instructions for:
executing, by a microcomputer, a content display process that displays, on a display, a content indicating an operation time of a vehicle, the operation time of the vehicle including at least one of accelerator on information, accelerator off information, brake on information and brake off information; and
stopping execution of the content display process in response to the vehicle being not operated at the operation time indicated by the displayed content, wherein the operation time of the vehicle indicates a start time of an operation to be made by a driver of the vehicle,
the operation to be made by the driver of the vehicle includes at least one of accelerator on, accelerator off, brake on and brake off, and
the content indicating the operation time of the vehicle is displayed on the display before the driver actually performs the operation of the vehicle and visually guides, in advance, the driver about the operation time at which the operation of the vehicle should be made.

### Claim 14

A vehicle display control program product stored in a computer readable non-transitory storage medium, the vehicle display control program product comprising instructions for:
executing, by a microcomputer, a content display process that displays, on a display, a content indicating an operation time of a vehicle, the operation time of the vehicle including at least one of accelerator on information, accelerator off information, brake on information and brake off information, wherein
the content display process enables a display of the content in a superimposed manner in which the content is superimposed on an object included in a foreground of the vehicle or in a non-superimposed manner in which the content is not superimposed on the object included in the foreground of the vehicle,
the operation time of the vehicle indicates a start time of an operation to be made by a driver of the vehicle,
the operation to be made by the driver of the vehicle includes at least one of accelerator on, accelerator off, brake on and brake off, and
the content indicating the operation time of the vehicle is displayed on the display before the driver actually performs the operation of the vehicle and visually guides, in advance, the driver about the operation time at which the operation of the vehicle should be made.