# US 12,182,337 B2 · Vehicle information display system

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- Number: US 12,182,337 B2
- Document ID: US12182337B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/242,080
- Filed: 2023-09-05
- Published: 2023-12-21
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2020-08-31
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Satoaki Takabatake; Junji Miyazaki; Koji Kimura; Yuki Yoshida; Ryo Ogata; Tadashi Morishita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12182337B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/0202: {Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device}
- 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 35/23: Head-up displays [HUD] (optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01)
- 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 35/29: Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
- B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
- B60W 60/005: {Handover processes (Handing over between remote control and on-board control or handing over between remote control arrangements G05D1/227)}
- G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
- B60K 35/213: {Virtual instruments}
- B60K 35/60: Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10)
- B60K 2360/11: Instrument graphical user interfaces or menu aspects
- B60K 2360/115: Selection of menu items
- B60K 2360/175: Autonomous driving
- B60K 2360/178: Warnings
- B60K 2360/179: Distances to obstacles or vehicles
- B60K 2360/184: Displaying the same information on different displays
- B60K 2360/782: on the steering wheel
- B60K 2360/785: on or in relation to the windshield or windows
- B60R 1/00: Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
- B60W 50/08: Interaction between the driver and the control system
- B60W 60/001: {Planning or execution of driving tasks}
- B60W 60/0011: {involving control alternatives for a single driving scenario, e.g. planning several paths to avoid obstacles}
- B60W 2050/146: {Display means}
- B60W 2556/50: of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
- G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
- G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence)
- G06F 3/04892: Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key (arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038)
- G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
- G09G 2380/10: Automotive applications
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- 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
- B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- 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)

## Abstract

A vehicle information display system an operation section provided at one side in a vehicle width direction relative to a driver seat, the operation section being structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant; and a display section provided at a position that is viewable from the driver seat, a vicinity information display region in which vicinity information of the vehicle being displayed being specified at a central portion of the display section, and a selection option display region being specified at one side in the vehicle width direction of the display section, relative to the vicinity information display region, the selection option display region being selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle information display system comprising:
an operation section structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant; and
a display section, wherein:
a vicinity information display region is specified at a central portion of the display section;
a selection option display region is specified at one side in a vehicle width direction of the display section, the selection option display region being selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section; and
selection of one of a plurality of selection options displayed in the selection option display region by the vehicle occupant during movement of the vehicle under autonomous driving causes the vehicle to execute a corresponding action without exiting the autonomous driving.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle information display system of claim 1, wherein
the operation section and the selection option display region are both located at one side in the vehicle width direction relative to a seat of the vehicle occupant.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle information display system of claim 1, wherein
a non-selectable image display region is specified at an opposite side of the vicinity information display region from the one side at which the selection option display region is specified.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The vehicle information display system of claim 3, wherein
during the autonomous driving, planned actions of the vehicle are displayed in sequence at the non-selectable image display region.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The vehicle information display system of claim 3, wherein
the non-selectable image display region is not selectable in a case in which the vehicle occupant operates the operation section.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The vehicle information display system of claim 3, wherein a plurality of planned actions of the vehicle are displayed in sequence at the non-selectable image display region.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The vehicle information display system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of selection options are displayed in the selection option display region simultaneously with vicinity information displayed in the vicinity information display region.

### Claim 8

A vehicle information display system comprising:
an operation section structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant; and
a display section, wherein:
a vicinity information display region is specified at a central portion of the display section;
a selection option display region is specified at one side in a vehicle width direction of the display section, the selection option display region being selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section;
selection of one of a plurality of selection options displayed in the selection option display region by the vehicle occupant during autonomous driving causes the vehicle to execute a corresponding action without exiting the autonomous driving; and
the plurality of selection options are displayed in the selection option display region simultaneously with vicinity information displayed in the vicinity information display region.