US 12,168,437 B2
Display device for a vehicle, display method and program
Yuki Yoshida, Toyota (JP); Ryo Ogata, Toyota (JP); Junji Miyazaki, Nagoya (JP); Koji Kimura, Nagoya (JP); Satoaki Takabatake, Nissin (JP); and Tadashi Morishita, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/393,105.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-146393 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063613 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/12 (2020.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/12 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/175 (2024.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device for a vehicle, comprising:
a display section provided in a cabin of a vehicle that is capable of autonomous driving;
one or more processors configured to:
control the vehicle to drive at least partially autonomously;
before conducting a lane change by autonomous driving from a first lane in which the vehicle is running to a second lane that is distinct from the first lane, display at the display section:
a lane display corresponding to the first lane and the second lane, and
a confirmation display relating to confirmation of a condition of the second lane,
wherein the confirmation display includes an image showing a quadrilateral-shaped area and a goal position of the vehicle on the second lane after the lane change, and an area behind the goal position that encompasses an area to which the lane change is possible, and
wherein the goal position is displayed on the display section as a line-shaped graphic extending in a road width direction over the second lane, and is displayed so as to move in accordance with movement of another vehicle.