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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takayuki Hamada, Okazaki, JP;
Masakazu Aoki, Nagoya, JP;
Yohsuke Hashimoto, Nagakute, JP;
Yuki Ogawa, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An automobile includes a traffic information acquisition device that acquires traveling vehicle information, and traffic information from a traffic information management center that manages traffic obstacle information on an obstacle on a road, a display device that displays surroundings map information of a subject vehicle together with a mark showing a current position of the subject vehicle, and a control device. The control device reflects a decorative image based on surroundings traffic obstacle information in the surroundings map information and displays the decorative image on the display device, and associates, with the decorative image, an involved vehicle number image on an involved vehicle number, and displays the involved vehicle number image on the display device. The involved vehicle number is the number of vehicles in the traveling vehicle information involved in the traffic information related to the decorative image.