VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE

• US 20170113626A1
• Filed: 10/26/2016
• Published: 04/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: NAKAJIMA, Harutoshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,093,246 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0229 for displays, e.g. cathodic tubes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence

Abstract

A vehicle driving assistance device can include a display unit that displays a front pattern that is shaped like a vehicle front of a vehicle and is positioned within a forward view, and to superimpose the front pattern on a forward image that is an image of the forward view of the vehicle. A controller can be provided that can execute a process of controlling the display unit and causing the display unit to display driving assistance information for the vehicle, using the front pattern.

Claims

1. A vehicle driving assistance device, comprising:

a display unit configured to display a front pattern that is a pattern shaped like a vehicle front of a vehicle positioned within a forward view of the vehicle, and to superimpose the front pattern on a forward image that is an image of the forward view of the vehicle; and

a controller configured to execute a process of controlling the display unit and causing the display unit to display driving assistance information for the vehicle, using the front pattern.

2. The vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit is configured to display the front pattern by superimposing the front pattern on the forward image, at a position corresponding to a position of the vehicle front in the forward view.

3. The vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 1, wherein

the front pattern includes a main front pattern that includes a front-to-rear direction pattern in the forward image along a virtual vehicle front-to-rear direction, and a left-to-right direction pattern that is in the forward image along a virtual vehicle left-to-right direction intersecting with the virtual vehicle front-to-rear direction and that forms a corner by intersecting with the front-to-rear direction pattern.

4. The vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 2, wherein

the front pattern includes a main front pattern that includes a front-to-rear direction pattern in the forward image along a virtual vehicle front-to-rear direction, and a left-to-right direction pattern that is in the forward image along a virtual vehicle left-to-right direction intersecting with the virtual vehicle front-to-rear direction and that forms a corner by intersecting with the front-to-rear direction pattern.

5. The vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 3, wherein

the main front pattern includes a pair of main front patterns in which the front-to-rear direction patterns and the left-to-right direction patterns face each other in a line symmetric manner with respect to a reference line that is orthogonal to the virtual vehicle left-to-right direction, and the pair of the left-to-right direction patterns are positioned between a pair of the corners, and ends at a side opposite from the corners of the front-to-rear direction patterns extend to a periphery of the forward image.

6. The vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to execute the process of controlling the display unit and causing the display unit to display driving assistance information for the vehicle by changing a configuration of the front pattern.

7. The vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the image of the forward view of the vehicle is a virtual image.