ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM, ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20190315228A1
• Filed: 04/02/2019
• Published: 10/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
• Original Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
• Inventors: Hayashi, Naoto, Ishida, Ichiro, Shimizu, Yoshiyuki, Satomi, Tsuneo
• Granted Patent: US 10,688,868 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/176 Camera images
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1868 according to driving situations
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• 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 35/652 for left- or right-hand drive
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/28 with an adjustable field of view
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/105 using multiple cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/302 combining image information with GPS information or vehicle data, e.g. vehicle speed, gyro, steering angle data
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/303 using joined images, e.g. multiple camera images
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/802 for monitoring and displaying vehicle exterior blind spot views
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8066 for monitoring rearward traffic
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes

Abstract

An on-vehicle display control device includes a video image acquiring unit configured to acquire left and right side rear view video images captured by imaging units configured to capture the left and right side rear view video images of a vehicle, a turning information acquiring unit configured to acquire turning information on the vehicle, and a video image processing unit configured to display, on determining that the vehicle is going to make a turn based on the turning information, the side rear view video image for a turning direction in an area away from a center of the vehicle in a side monitor provided in a turning direction, and the side rear view video image for a direction opposite to the turning direction in an area close to the center of the vehicle in the side monitor provided in the turning direction.

Claims

1. An on-vehicle display control device comprising:

a video image acquiring unit configured to acquire left and right side rear view video images captured by imaging units configured to capture the left and right side rear view video images of a vehicle;

a turning information acquiring unit configured to acquire turning information on the vehicle; and

a video image processing unit configured to display, on determining that the vehicle is going to make a turn based on the turning information, the side rear view video image for a turning direction in an area away from a center of the vehicle in a side monitor arranged in a turning direction among left and right side monitors provided in the vehicle, and the side rear view video image for a direction opposite to the turning direction in an area close to the center of the vehicle in the side monitor arranged in the turning direction.

2. The on-vehicle display control device according to claim 1, wherein the video image processing unit is further configured to display, in the side monitor arranged in the turning direction, a video image close to the vehicle in the side rear view video image for the turning direction and a video image away from the vehicle in the side rear view video image for the direction opposite to the turning direction.

3. The on-vehicle display control device according to claim 1, wherein the video image processing unit is further configured to display, in the side monitor arranged in the turning direction, a video image close to the vehicle in the side rear view video image for the turning direction and a video image close to the vehicle in the side rear view video image for the direction opposite to the turning direction.

4. The on-vehicle display control device according to claim 3, wherein the video image processing unit is further configured to display, when the vehicle moves backward, a video image for a lower side of the vehicle in the side rear view video image.

5. The on-vehicle display control device according to claim 1, wherein the video image processing unit is further configured to change, in accordance with a rotation angle of the turning direction, a display range of the side rear view video image for the direction opposite to the turning direction to be displayed on the side monitor arranged in the turning direction.

6. The on-vehicle display control device according to claim 1, wherein

the side monitor is constituted by a laterally-long monitor configured to display the left side rear view video image in a left portion thereof and the right side rear view video image in a right portion thereof, and

the video image processing unit is further configured to display, on determining that the vehicle is making a turn based on the turning information, the side rear view video image for the direction opposite to the turning direction with being adjacent to the side rear view video image for the turning direction.

7. An on-vehicle display system comprising:

the on-vehicle display control device according to claim 1;

the imaging units; and

the side monitors.

8. An on-vehicle display control method comprising:

acquiring left and right side rear view video images captured by imaging units configured to capture the left and right side rear view video images of a vehicle;

acquiring turning information on the vehicle; and

displaying, on determining that the vehicle is going to make a turn based on the turning information, the side rear view video image for a turning direction in an area away from a center of the vehicle in a side monitor arranged in the turning direction among left and right side monitors provided in the vehicle, and the side rear view video image for a direction opposite to the turning direction in an area close to the center of the vehicle in the side monitor arranged in the turning direction.

9. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program that causes a computer operating as an on-vehicle display device to execute a process comprising:

acquiring left and right side rear view video images captured by imaging units configured to capture the left and right side rear view video images of a vehicle;

acquiring turning information on the vehicle; and

displaying, on determining that the vehicle is going to make a turn based on the turning information, the side rear view video image for a turning direction in an area away from a center of the vehicle in a side monitor arranged in the turning direction among left and right side monitors provided in the vehicle, and the side rear view video image for a direction opposite to the turning direction in an area close to the center of the vehicle in the side monitor arranged in the turning direction.