Display control apparatus, display control method, and recording medium

A display control method to be executed by a computer, the method comprising:

• recognizing that interactive communication is taking place between a mobile body and a communication entity external to the mobile body;
• when recognizing that interactive communication is taking place between the mobile body and the communication entity, displaying predetermined information transmitted by the communication entity to the mobile body through the interactive communication on a first display disposed in front of a driver seat of the mobile body and displaying an operation image for receiving an instructing operation related to the interactive communication on a second display of a touch panel type disposed diagonally forward of the driver seat of the mobile body;
• and
• recognizing a drive situation of the mobile body, wherein
• in accordance with the drive situation of the mobile body, the computer switches between:
• a first mode in which only travel situation information indicative of the travel situation of the mobile body, from among the travel situation information and the predetermined information, is displayed on the first display,
• a second mode in which only the predetermined information, from among the travel situation information and the predetermined information, is displayed on the first display, and
• a third mode in which the travel situation information and the predetermined information are displayed on the first display,
• when recognizing that the mobile body is at a standstill, the computer sets the second mode,
• when recognizing that the mobile body is in an automated driving mode, the computer sets the third mode, and
• when not recognizing that the mobile body is at the standstill and not recognizing that the mobile body is in the automated driving mode, the computer sets the first mode.

A non-transitory recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as:

• an interactive communication recognition section that recognizes that interactive communication is taking place between a mobile body and a communication entity external to the mobile body;
• a display control section that, when the interactive communication recognition section recognizes that interactive communication is taking place between the mobile body and the communication entity, displays predetermined information transmitted by the communication entity to the mobile body through the interactive communication on a first display disposed in front of a driver seat of the mobile body and displays an operation image for receiving an instructing operation related to the interactive communication on a second display of a touch panel type disposed diagonally forward of the driver seat of the mobile body;
• and
• a drive situation recognition section configured to recognize a drive situation of the mobile body, wherein
• in accordance with the drive situation of the mobile body, the display control section switches between:
• a first mode in which only travel situation information indicative of the travel situation of the mobile body, from among the travel situation information and the predetermined information, is displayed on the first display,
• a second mode in which only the predetermined information, from among the travel situation information and the predetermined information, is displayed on the first display, and
• a third mode in which the travel situation information and the predetermined information are displayed on the first display,
• when recognizing that the mobile body is at a standstill, the display control section sets the second mode
• when recognizing that the mobile body is in an automated driving mode, the display control section sets the third mode, and
• when not recognizing that the mobile body is at the standstill and not recognizing that the mobile body is in the automated driving mode, the display control section sets the first mode.