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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Goro Asai, Toyota, JP;
Tomoaki Iida, Okazaki, JP;
TOYTOA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A display control device for a vehicle includes at least one electronic control unit configured to: cause a display device to display a host vehicle's behind-the-vehicle image, the host vehicle's behind-the-vehicle image being an image of an area behind a host vehicle, the host vehicle's behind-the-vehicle image being captured by a sensor of the host vehicle; detect a rearward vehicle, the rearward vehicle being another vehicle existing behind the host vehicle; cause the display device to display the host vehicle's behind-the-vehicle image with a first contrast ratio when the rearward vehicle is not detected; and cause the display device to display the host vehicle's behind-the-vehicle image with a second contrast ratio when the rearward vehicle is detected, the second contrast ratio being higher than the first contrast ratio.