Vehicle congestion determination device and vehicle display control device

A vehicle display control device comprising

• a display configured to display vehicle information;
• and
• a processor and memory configured to implement:
• an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first information indicating that a traveling speed of an other vehicle in front of a vehicle is smaller than a predetermined first threshold value and a traffic congestion occurs, and a second information indicating whether an autonomous driving operation of the vehicle is allowable based on a predetermined second threshold value, which is set to be smaller than the first threshold value, as an allowable condition for starting the autonomous driving operation during the traffic congestion using an autonomous driving function of the vehicle;
• and
• a display control unit configured to display on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowable during the traffic congestion when the first threshold value is satisfied in the first information and the second threshold value is not satisfied in the second information, while stopping the autonomous driving operation during the traffic congestion, and configured to enable the autonomous driving operation when the first threshold value is satisfied in the first information and the second threshold value is satisfied in the second information;
• wherein the display control unit:
• displays on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed when the traffic congestion has not ended, according to the first information, after stopping the autonomous driving operation;
• continues to display on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed in response to determining again, according to the first information, that traffic congestion is occurring ahead of the vehicle after previous traffic congestion has ended, according to the first information;
• and
• stops displaying on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed in response to determining, according to the first information, that the traffic congestion does not occurring ahead of the vehicle after the previous traffic congestion has ended, according to the first information.

A vehicle display control device for controlling a display configured to display vehicle information, the vehicle display control device comprising a processor and memory configured to implement:

• an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first information indicating that a traveling speed of an other vehicle in front of a vehicle is smaller than a predetermined first threshold value and a traffic congestion occurs, and a second information indicating whether an autonomous driving operation of the vehicle is allowable based on a predetermined second threshold value, which is set to be smaller than the first threshold value, as an allowable condition for starting the autonomous driving operation during the traffic congestion using an autonomous driving function of the vehicle;
• and
• a display control unit configured to display on the display unit that the autonomous driving operation is not allowable during the traffic congestion when the first threshold value is satisfied in the first information and the second threshold value is not satisfied in the second information, while stopping the driving operation during the traffic congestion, and configured to enable the autonomous driving operation when the first threshold value is satisfied in the first information and the second threshold value is satisfied in the second information,
• wherein the display control unit:
• displays on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed when the traffic congestion has not ended, according to the first information, after stopping the autonomous driving operation;
• continues to display on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed in response to determining again, according to the first information, that traffic congestion is occurring ahead of the vehicle after previous traffic congestion has ended, according to the first information;
• and
• stops displaying on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed in response to determining, according to the first information, that the traffic congestion does not occurring ahead of the vehicle after the previous traffic congestion has ended, according to the first information.

A vehicle display control device for controlling a display configured to display vehicle information comprising a processor and memory configured to implement:

• an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first information indicating that a traveling speed of an other vehicle in front of a vehicle is smaller than a predetermined first threshold value and a traffic congestion occurs, and a second information indicating whether an autonomous driving operation of the vehicle is allowable based on a predetermined second threshold value as an allowable condition for starting the autonomous driving operation during the traffic congestion using an autonomous driving function of the vehicle;
• and
• a display control unit configured to display on the display unit that the autonomous driving operation is not allowable during the traffic congestion when at least one of the first threshold value in the first information and the second threshold value in the second information is not satisfied, while stopping the autonomous driving operation during the traffic congestion, and configured to enable the autonomous driving operation when the first threshold value is satisfied in the first information and the second threshold value is satisfied in the second information;
• wherein the display control unit:
• displays on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed when the traffic congestion has not ended, according to the first information, after stopping the autonomous driving operation;
• continues to display on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed in response to determining again, according to the first information, that traffic congestion is occurring ahead of the vehicle after previous traffic congestion has ended, according to the first information;
• and
• stops displaying on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed in response to determining, according to the first information, that the traffic congestion does not occurring ahead of the vehicle after the previous traffic congestion has ended, according to the first information.

A vehicle congestion determination device comprising a processor and memory configured to implement:

• an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first information indicating that a traveling speed of an other vehicle in front of a vehicle is smaller than a predetermined first threshold value and a traffic congestion occurs, and a second information indicating that the traffic congestion occurs based on a predetermined second threshold value as an allowable condition for starting an autonomous driving operation of the vehicle during the traffic congestion using an autonomous driving function of the vehicle;
• and
• a control unit configured to execute a first algorithm for determining an occurrence of the traffic congestion based on the first threshold value and a second algorithm for determining the occurrence of the traffic congestion based on the second threshold value;
• wherein the control unit:
• determines whether to display on a display the first information and the second information that the autonomous driving operation is not allowable during the traffic congestion, based on a result of the first algorithm and a result of the second algorithm, while stopping the autonomous driving operation during the traffic congestion, and enables the autonomous driving operation when the first threshold value is satisfied in the first information and the second threshold value is satisfied in the second information;
• displays on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed when the traffic congestion has not ended, according to the first information, after stopping the autonomous driving operation;
• continues to display on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed in response to determining again, according to the first information, that traffic congestion is occurring ahead of the vehicle after previous traffic congestion has ended, according to the first information;
• and
• stops displaying on the display that the autonomous driving operation is not allowed in response to determining, according to the first information, that the traffic congestion is not occurring ahead of the vehicle after the previous traffic congestion has ended, according to the first information.