Vehicle display control device and vehicle display control method

A vehicle display control device executing a control to a virtual image display performed by a head-up display, wherein the head-up display superimposes a display image related to a traveling state of a host vehicle on an outside scenery of the host vehicle to perform the virtual image display, and an automatic control unit is equipped to the host vehicle and executes an automatic control to the traveling state of the host vehicle,

• the vehicle display control device comprising:
• a route information acquisition unit that acquires route information related to a scheduled route of the host vehicle, the automatic control unit setting the scheduled route for the host vehicle;
• a route image formation unit that forms a route image indicative of the scheduled route based on the route information acquired by the route information acquisition unit, the head-up display projecting the route image as the display image in a virtual image display region that is superimposed on a forward traveling road included in the outside scenery;
• a start information acquisition unit that acquires start information related to a scheduled start position where the automatic control executed by the automatic control unit is scheduled to start;
• and
• a start image formation unit that forms a start image indicative of the scheduled start position as the display image based on the start information acquired by the start information acquisition unit, the head-up display projecting the start image as the display image in the virtual image display region that is superimposed on the forward traveling road,
• wherein the route information acquisition unit, the route image formation unit, the start information acquisition unit, and the start image formation unit are implemented by the at least one processor.