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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hironori Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Hisanobu Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Kana Yamashita, Yokohama, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A display device includes an image generation unit configured to generate a status image presented to a driver of the vehicle, the status image representing to a current status of the vehicle and surroundings of the vehicle; a map information acquisition unit configured to acquire the map information and recognize an acquisition status of the map information; a display mode setting unit configured to set a display mode; and a display control unit configured to display the status image on a display unit in the display mode. The acquisition status includes a first case, a second case, and a third case in which the map information is temporarily unavailable. The display mode setting unit sets the display mode so that the display mode of the first case, the second case and the third case are different from each other.