DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20200132498A1
• Filed: 07/21/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2017
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: MATSUMARU, Satoshi
• Application Number:
  US16/613,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20200132498A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3658 Lane guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096844 where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a display control device that displays a plurality of trafficable lanes on which a vehicle can travel, on a road displayed on a map showing a route to a destination. The display control device includes a trafficable lane determination unit for determining one or more trafficable lanes which are lanes on which the vehicle can travel on the basis of information on a lane of a road and a route to a destination of the vehicle and a control unit for causing a display unit to display thereon the plurality of trafficable lanes determined by the trafficable lane determination unit, with respect to all lanes included in a road to be displayed on the display unit.

Claims

1. A display control device for causing a display unit which is movable together with a vehicle to display thereon a lane on which the vehicle can travel, the display control device comprising:

a processor to execute a program; and

a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform processes of,

determining one or more trafficable lanes which are lanes on which the vehicle can travel on the basis of information on a lane of a road and a route to a destination of the vehicle, and

causing the display unit to display thereon the plurality of trafficable lanes with respect to all lanes included in a road to be displayed on the display unit.

2. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the processes performed by the processor further includes

determining a travel recommended lane included in the one or more trafficable lane on the basis of the information on the lane of the road and the route to the destination of the vehicle, and

causing the display unit to display thereon the travel recommended lane with respect to at least one lane included in the road to be displayed on the display unit.

3. The display control device according to claim 2, wherein the processes performed by the processor further includes

determining whether or not the travel recommended lane constituting the route to the destination includes a place requiring a lane change, and

causing the display unit to display thereon a lane change recommendation section consisting of a plurality of travel recommended lanes having portions adjacent to one another in the place requiring the lane change on the basis of a determination result whether or not the travel recommended lane includes the place requiring the lane change.

4. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the processes performed by the processor further includes

acquiring a current position of the vehicle

determining whether or not the current position of the vehicle is positioned within the trafficable lane, and

searching for a new route from the current position to the destination on the basis of a determination result indicating that the current position is not positioned within the trafficable lane.

5. The display control device according to claim 2, wherein the processes performed by the processor further includes

causing the display unit to display thereon the trafficable lane and the travel recommended lane in different visibility states.

6. A display control method for causing a display unit which is movable together with a vehicle to display thereon a lane on which the vehicle can travel, the display control method comprising:

determining one or more trafficable lanes which are lanes on which the vehicle can travel on the basis of information on a lane of a road and a route to a destination of the vehicle; and

causing the display unit to display thereon the plurality of trafficable lanes each determined to be the trafficable lane, with respect to all lanes included in a road to be displayed on the display unit.