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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Seki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazufumi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Osada, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle including headlights. The vehicle control device includes an environment recognition unit, an image generation unit, an image display unit, and an illumination range detector. The environment recognition unit acquires surrounding environment formation around the vehicle. The image generation unit generates, on a basis of the surrounding environment information, an environment image that includes forward environment information on environment forward of the own vehicle. The image display unit displays the environment image. The illumination range detector detects an illumination range, in which the illumination range is illuminated by the headlights. The environment image solely includes information acquired inside the illumination range.