DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE

• US 20150352956A1
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: MIUCHI, Yosuke, MIYASHITA, Naoki, KASHIWAYA, Tomoyuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,701,199 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/166 Navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/167 Vehicle dynamics information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/171 Vehicle or relevant part thereof displayed
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/172 Driving mode indication
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/215 characterised by the combination of multiple visual outputs, e.g. combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/02 Control of vehicle driving stability
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/143 Speed control B60W30/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/10 related to vehicle motion
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0295 by overlaying a vehicle path based on present steering angle over an image without processing that image
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/02 characterised by the way in which colour is displayed details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/36 characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory

Abstract

Information display is performed, in which recognizability of information regarding a driving support control is relatively good even in a situation where a driving load is relatively large, the information display not annoying a driver. A display controller displays a support state displaying image, which is an image having a configuration in which a vehicle image is superimposed on a mesh image as a mesh-like planar image, on a liquid crystal display device provided in a meter panel of a meter device. In addition, upon having determined that a driving support control implemented by a driving support device is operating, the display controller performs a display control to change a display mode of a mesh image portion of the support state displaying image, which is to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device, to a preset display mode.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A display control device for a vehicle, configured to perform a display control for a display device provided in a meter panel of an automotive meter device, the display control device comprising:

an operation state detection unit configured to detect an operation state of a driving support control implemented by an automotive driving support device;

a display control unit configured to display a support state displaying image on the display device, the support state displaying image being an image having a configuration in which a vehicle image is superimposed on a back ground image that is a planar image with a predetermined shape; and

a steering direction detection unit configured to detect a steering direction,

wherein, upon having determined that a driving support control, configured to be activated while the vehicle is traveling along a curved road and to control braking/driving force of respective wheels of the vehicle, is activated based on the operation state detected by the operation state detection unit, the display control unit performs a control to change a shape of a portion of the background image of the support state displaying image to be displayed on the display device to a curve shape curved in the steering direction detected by the steering direction detection unit.

12. The display control device for a vehicle according to claim 11,

wherein, based on the operation state detected by the operation state detection unit, while the driving support control activated while the vehicle is traveling along the curved road is operating, the display control unit performs a display control to superimpose and display images with a wheel shape on wheel positions of the vehicle image in the support state displaying image and to display the images with the wheel shape by a color exerting a preset display effect of allowing the images with the wheel shape to look like emitting light.

15. The display control device for a vehicle according to claim 11, wherein, upon having determined that the driving support control is activated based on the operation state detected by the operation state detection unit, the display control unit performs a display control to change a display color of the portion of the background image within a distance range preset from a portion of the vehicle image in the support state displaying image to a preset display color.

16. The display control device for a vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the display control unit changes a display color of the portion of the background image within a distance range preset from a portion of the vehicle image to a display color exerting a preset display effect of allowing the portion of the background image to look like emitting light.

17. The display control device for a vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the background image includes a mesh image, which is a mesh-like image, and a gradation image.

18. The display control device for a vehicle according to claim 11,

wherein the vehicle image is an image from a viewpoint of looking down the vehicle from an upper rear of the vehicle, and

the background image is an image with a shape, which is extended in a far and near direction while defining a vehicle longitudinal direction of the vehicle image as the far and near direction and has a wider width in a direction perpendicular to the far and near direction toward a near side and a narrower width in the perpendicular direction toward a far side.

13. A display control device for a vehicle, configured to perform a display control for a display device provided in a meter panel of an automotive meter device, the display control device comprising:

an operation state detection unit configured to detect an operation state of a driving support control implemented by an automotive driving support device; and

a display control unit configured to display a support state displaying image on the display device, the support state displaying image being an image having a configuration in which a vehicle image is superimposed on a back ground image which is a planar image with a predetermined shape,

wherein, upon having determined that a driving support control, configured to be activated while the vehicle is traveling on a straight road, and to enhance traveling stability with respect to a steering angle of the vehicle, is activated based on the operation state detected by the operation state detection unit, the display control unit performs a display control to change the shape of the background image of the support state displaying image to be displayed on the display device to a halfpipe shape in which both ends of the background image in a direction perpendicular to a far and near direction of the background image are lifted up to form walls surrounding crosswise side surfaces of the vehicle image.

14. The display control device for a vehicle according to claim 13, wherein, after the shape of the background image is changed to the halfpipe shape, with regard to a plurality of divided regions obtained by dividing an image portion within a distance range preset from the vehicle image in the background image into plural regions in the perpendicular direction, a display control to change a present display color of the plurality of divided regions sequentially to other preset colors from a divided region on a side near the vehicle image toward a divided region on a side far from the vehicle image is performed.

19. A display control method for a vehicle, configured to perform a display control for a display device provided in a meter panel of an automotive meter device, the display control method comprising:

performing, upon having determined that a driving support control, configured to be activated while the vehicle is traveling along a curved road and to control braking/driving force of respective wheels of the vehicle, is activated, a display control to change a shape of the portion of the background image of the support state displaying image that is an image having a configuration in which a vehicle image is superimposed on a back ground image that is a planar image with a predetermined shape, the planar image being to be displayed on the display device, to a curve shape curved in a steering direction.

20. A display control method for a vehicle, configured to perform a display control for a display device provided in a meter panel of an automotive meter device, the display control method comprising:

performing, upon having determined that a driving support control, configured to be activated while the vehicle is traveling on a straight road, and to enhance traveling stability with respect to a steering angle of the vehicle, is activated, a display control to change a shape of a background image of a support state displaying image, which is to be displayed on the display device, and is an image having a configuration in which a vehicle image is superimposed on the back ground image that is a planar image with a predetermined shape, to a halfpipe shape in which both ends of the background image in the direction perpendicular to the far and near direction of the background image are lifted up to form walls surrounding crosswise side surfaces of the vehicle image.