# US 12,118,260 B2 · Vehicle display device

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- Number: US 12,118,260 B2
- Document ID: US12118260B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/379,921
- Filed: 2023-10-13
- Published: 2024-02-01
- Granted: 2024-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2020-12-17
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Ayaka Kagami; Atsushi Hanawa; Soshiro Murata; Hideo Hasegawa; Genshi Kuno; Yuta Kikuzaki; Yuu Oomi; Takeshi Yamada; Masako Furuta; Toshihisa Shimome; Kensuke Sasaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12118260B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units}
- G06F 3/147: using display panels
- G06F 3/1423: {controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display}
- H04N 21/41422: {located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle (arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62)}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A vehicle display device that is mounted on a vehicle moving toward a destination does not display a content shown in the destination but displays a video related to the content and a video other than a video provided in the destination.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A control method performed by a vehicle display device mounted on a vehicle moving toward a destination, the destination being one area of a plurality of divided areas, each of the plurality of divided areas having a different concept, the vehicle display device comprising a display provided as a window and having a transparent mode and a non-transparent mode, the control method comprising:
analyzing a relationship between objects in a landscape of a traveling route of the vehicle and the concept of the destination,
determining whether the objects in the landscape are related to the concept of the destination,
setting the display to the transparent mode when the vehicle travels near objects determined to be related to the concept of the destination and displaying a video associated with the destination that includes objects in the landscape determined to be related to the concept of the destination, and
setting the display to the non-transparent mode when the vehicle travels near objects related to the concept of another divided area and not the concept of the destination and displaying a video associated with the destination that excludes objects in the landscape determined to be related to the concept of the another divided area and not the concept of the destination.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The control method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying a related video associated with the concept of the another divided area,
wherein the related video is a video that is associated with a content of the video associated with the destination.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The control method according to claim 2, wherein the related video is at least one of a video of a location used when the content was created, a video about a birthplace of a creator of the content, and a video about a location of an object referenced in the video associated with the destination when the content was created.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The control method according to claim 1, wherein the destination is an entertainment facility.