Information presentation system

• US 9,849,832 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2016
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Mori, Hiroki, Funayama, Ryuji, Sato, Jun, Shimizu, Ayako, Kumai, Yuichi, Kawamori, Yuma, Matsumura, Takeshi, Shimizu, Tsukasa, Sakaguchi, Yasuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Alizada, Omeed
• Application Number:
  US15/193,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20170021765A1
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/24 in front of the vehicle
• 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 2300/305 merging camera image with lines or icons

Abstract

A system for presenting information to an occupant of a vehicle mounted with an autonomous driving system, includes: a display unit configured to display the information; a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display information in any one of display modes among a setting status display mode in which setting information is displayed, an operation status display mode in which travel information is displayed, and a recognition status display mode in which recognition result information of the autonomous driving system is displayed; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an occupant'"'"'s display mode switching instruction for switching the display mode, wherein the display control unit configured to switch the display mode of the display unit when the acquisition unit acquires the occupant'"'"'s display mode switching instruction.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

an internal sensor configured to detect a travelling state of the vehicle which includes at least one of a speed, an acceleration, a yaw rate, of the vehicle;

an external sensor configured to detect surrounding information of the vehicle;

an travel control unit configured to control a travel plan in an autonomous driving, wherein at least one of an speed and steering are controlled in the autonomous driving;

a display unit configured to display an information;

a display control unit configured to switch the display mode in response to an input by the occupant of the vehicle, among three modes, wherein the three modes are;

(A) a setting status display mode in which setting information for the travel plan determined by the occupant or the travel control unit is displayed,

(B) an operation status display mode in which information relating to a travel state resulting from a control by the travel control unit is displayed, and

(C) a recognition status display mode in which a recognition result by the external sensor is displayed.

2. The system vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when the display unit is caused to display the information in the recognition status display mode, the display control unit is configured to cause the display unit to display a travel lane of the vehicle and a certainty level of recognizing the travel lane.