Vehicle surrounding environment display apparatus and method for controlling vehicle surrounding environment display apparatus

A control method of a vehicle surrounding environment display apparatus comprising a first display device configured to display a first image corresponding to a surrounding environment of a host vehicle and a second display device configured to display a second image corresponding to the surrounding environment of the host vehicle, the first image and the second image being generated based on detection information of an external sensor of the host vehicle, the method comprising:

• displaying, in the first image and the second image, a host vehicle icon corresponding to the host vehicle and a detection display concerning an object around the host vehicle;
• showing the detection display around the host vehicle icon so as to correspond to a position of the object relative to the host vehicle based on the detection information of the external sensor;
• enabling a virtual viewpoint of the first image on the first display device to be changed by an operation of a user of the host vehicle, and enabling a virtual viewpoint of the second image on the second display device to be changed by an operation of the user;
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• if the detection display is out of view from both the first display device and the second display device during display of the detection display, changing the virtual viewpoint so that the detection display appears on at least one of the first display device and the second display device.