VEHICLE-MOUNTED DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20160185219A1
• Filed: 08/19/2013
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: SAKATA, Reiko, MORIMOTO, Takuji
• Application Number:
  US14/909,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20160185219A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/177 Augmented reality
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/178 Warnings
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/186 Displaying information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/191 Highlight information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/23 Head-up displays [HUD] optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01
• 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 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/24 in front of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/70 characterised by an event-triggered choice to display a specific image among a selection of captured images
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/16 Anti-collision systems road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle-mounted display control device including: a vehicle state acquiring unit that acquires information related to a state of a vehicle as information to be provided to a driver; an urgency determining unit that determines urgency of the information acquired by the vehicle state acquiring unit; and a display mode deciding unit that decides a display mode so that the information will be displayed in a display area based on a result of determination by the urgency determining unit.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A vehicle-mounted display control device that provides a driver with information during traveling, said device comprising:

a vehicle state acquirer that acquires information related to a state of a vehicle as the information to be provided to the driver;

an urgency determiner that determines urgency of the information acquired by the vehicle state acquirer;

a driver state acquirer that acquires information related to one of a height of a line of sight, an age, and a visual aid of the driver; and

a display mode decider that decides as a display mode a display area that displays the information provided during traveling and a display information amount in the display area, based on a result of determination by the urgency determiner, and the information related to one of the height of the line of sight, the age, and the visual aid of the driver.

15. The vehicle-mounted display control device according to claim 14, further comprising:

a vehicle outside state acquirer that acquires information related to a state outside the vehicle; and

a visibility state determiner that determines a visibility state of the driver based on the information acquired by the vehicle outside state acquirer, wherein

the display mode deciding unit decides the display mode based on the result of determination by the urgency determining unit, one of the height of the line of sight, the age, and the visual aid of the driver, and a result of determination by the visibility state determiner.

16. The vehicle-mounted display control device according to claim 14, wherein

the vehicle state acquirer acquires a legal speed limit at a current location and a speed of the host vehicle, and

the urgency determiner determines the urgency of the information based on the legal speed limit at the current location and the speed of the host vehicle.

17. The vehicle-mounted display control device according to claim 14, wherein

the vehicle state acquirer acquires a distance between a destination and a current location or a time required to reach the destination, and

the urgency determiner determines the urgency of the information based on the distance between the destination and the current location or the time required to reach the destination.

18. The vehicle-mounted display control device according to claim 14, wherein

the vehicle state acquirer acquires environment information inside the vehicle, and

the urgency determiner determines the urgency of the information based on the environment information and a reference value set in advance.

19. The vehicle-mounted display control device according to claim 14, wherein

the vehicle state acquirer acquires a vehicle front state or a vehicle rear state, and

the urgency determiner determines the urgency of the information based on presence or absence of a vehicle front or vehicle rear attention object.

20. The vehicle-mounted display control device according to claim 15, wherein

the vehicle outside state acquirer acquires illuminance outside the vehicle, and

the display mode decider decides the display mode when the illuminance is equal to or higher than a reference level set in advance.

21. The vehicle-mounted display control device according to claim 15, wherein

the vehicle outside state acquirer acquires presence or absence of a display obstacle outside the vehicle, and

the display mode decider does not display the information in a display area with a background in which the display obstacle is present.

22. The vehicle-mounted display control device according to claim 15, wherein

the vehicle outside state acquirer acquires current location peripheral facility information, and

the display mode decider decides the display mode based on the current location peripheral facility information.