# US 12,600,231 B2 · Vehicle display system, vehicle display method, and storage medium storing vehicle display program

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- Number: US 12,600,231 B2
- Document ID: US12600231B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/488,688
- Filed: 2023-10-17
- Published: 2024-02-08
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2021-04-23
- Assignees: Denso Corporation
- Applicants: Denso Corporation
- Inventors: Akira Kamiya; Kiyotaka Taguchi; Yasuhiko Joho; Hiroyuki Mimura; Toshinori Mizuno
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12600231B2

## CPC

- B60K 35/00: Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
- B60K 35/22: Display screens
- B60R 11/02: for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
- G09G 5/00: Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators (image data processing or generation, in general G06T)
- G09G 5/36: characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory
- 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
- B60K 2360/16: Type of output information
- B60K 2360/182: Distributing information between displays
- 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
- 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 setting unit is configured to, when the image content is to be displayed across the display screens of the plurality of display devices with the non-display area therebetween, set a display area including a duplicated area in which the image content is partially duplicated and to be displayed on the display screens of the plurality of display devices. A determination unit is configured to determine whether the image content includes a specific content represented by character/symbol information or image-recognized character/symbol information. A duplicated display processing unit is configured to, on determination of the determination unit that the image content includes the specific content, set a duplication width of the duplicated area based on a width of the specific content and display the image content of the duplicated area on the display screens of the plurality of display devices.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle display system configured to display a unitary image content on display screens of a plurality of display devices arranged side by side with a non-display area therebetween, the vehicle display system comprising a display processing unit including a processor and memory configured to implement:
a setting unit configured to, when the image content is to be displayed across the display screens of the plurality of display devices with the non-display area therebetween, set a display area including a duplicated area in which the image content is partially duplicated and to be displayed on the display screens of the plurality of display devices;
a determination unit configured to determine whether the image content includes a specific content represented by character/symbol information or image-recognized character/symbol information; and
a duplicated display processing unit configured to, on determination of the determination unit that the image content includes the specific content,
set a duplication width of the duplicated area based on a width of the specific content, and
display the image content of the duplicated area on the display screens of the plurality of display devices, wherein
the duplicated display processing unit is configured to, when the width of the specific content is equal to or greater than an upper limit value of a predetermined width, set the duplication width of the duplicated area to the upper limit value of the predetermined width, and
the duplicated display processing unit is configured to, when the width of the specific content is equal to or less than a lower limit value of the predetermined width, set the duplication width of the duplicated area to the lower limit value of the predetermined width.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle display system according to claim 1, wherein:
the duplicated display processing unit is configured to, on condition that the width of the specific content is equal to or less than a predetermined width, set the duplication width of the duplicated area to the width of the specific content.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The vehicle display system according to claim 2, wherein:
the duplicated display processing unit is configured to, on determination of the determination unit that the image content includes a plurality of specific contents including the specific content, set, as the duplication width of the duplicated area, the width of the specific content having a largest width among the plurality of the specific contents.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle display system according to claim 1, wherein:
the specific content is a character/symbol content represented by the character/symbol information.

### Claim 5

A vehicle display method for displaying a unitary image content on display screens of a plurality of display devices arranged side by side with a non-display area therebetween, the vehicle display method comprising:
setting a display area including a duplicated area in which the image content is partially duplicated and to be displayed on the display screens of the plurality of display devices, when the image content is to be displayed across the display screens of the plurality of display devices with the non-display area therebetween;
determining whether the image content includes a specific content represented by character/symbol information or image-recognized character/symbol information;
setting, on determination that the image content includes the specific content, a duplication width of the duplicated area based on a width of the specific content;
setting, when the width of the specific content is equal to or greater than an upper limit value of a predetermined width, the duplication width of the duplicated area to the upper limit value of the predetermined width;
setting, when the width of the specific content is equal to or less than a lower limit value of the predetermined width, the duplication width of the duplicated area to the lower limit value of the predetermined width; and
displaying the image content of the duplicated area on the display screens of the plurality of display devices.

### Claim 6

A non-transitory storage medium storing a vehicle display program to display a unitary image content on display screens of a plurality of display devices arranged side by side with a non-display area therebetween, the vehicle display program including a set of instructions to:
set, when the image content is to be displayed across the display screens of the plurality of display devices with the non-display area therebetween, a display area including a duplicated area in which the image content is partially duplicated and to be displayed on the display screens of the plurality of display devices,
determine whether the image content includes a specific content represented by character/symbol information or image-recognized character/symbol information,
set, on determination that the image content includes the specific content, a duplication width of the duplicated area based on a width of the specific content,
set, when the width of the specific content is equal to or greater than an upper limit value of a predetermined width, the duplication width of the duplicated area to the upper limit value of the predetermined width,
set, when the width of the specific content is equal to or less than a lower limit value of the predetermined width, the duplication width of the duplicated area to the lower limit value of the predetermined width, and
display the image content of the duplicated area on the display screens of the plurality of display devices.