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Patent No.:

US 12558961 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2024

Display device, display method, and display program of a vehicle surroundings image

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Takashi Ota, Tokyo, JP;

Takahiko Kuwabara, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Primary Examiner:

James J Lee

Assistant Examiner:

Andrew Sang Kim

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02);
Abstract

A display device includes: a steering non-holding recognition unit configured to recognize a steering non-holding state in which a driver of the vehicle does not hold steady a steering wheel of the vehicle based on detection result of a steering sensor of the vehicle; and a display control unit configured to display the vehicle surroundings image on the display unit based on detection result of an external sensor of the vehicle. The display control unit reduces visibility of the vehicle surroundings image in the display unit when the steering non-holding state continues for a predetermined first period or longer, compared to visibility of the vehicle surroundings image when the steering non-holding state does not continue for the first period or longer, during execution of autonomous driving control in which the driver is required to visually confirm a surrounding environment.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ota, Takashi. (2026). Display device, display method, and display program of a vehicle surroundings image (U.S. Patent No. 12558961). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12558961

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