Vehicle Lane Display Control With Scene-Aligned Warning Images

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle display systems cause user uneasiness by displaying images along the travel lane that deviate from the actual scene, increasing the perceived risk of lane departure.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle display control device that recognizes the travel lane and superimposes one image from a set of preset images based on user preferences, road information, and environmental conditions to reduce uneasiness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If an image is displayed along the travel lane to convey a risk of lane departure, then the user is informed of the risk, but the user feels uneasy due to deviation from the actual scene

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverisk conveyance accuracyVSAvoiduser uneasiness
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameter of image selection by selecting one image from multiple preset images based on road information, time, and weather conditions. This dynamic parameter adjustment allows the display to adapt to different scenarios, maintaining accuracy while reducing user uneasiness by showing appropriate images for each condition

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from road information acquisition, time information acquisition, and weather information acquisition to dynamically select and display appropriate images. This feedback mechanism ensures the displayed image matches the actual driving conditions, reducing the discrepancy between displayed and real scenes that causes user uneasiness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If multiple preset images are used to match different conditions, then the accuracy of risk conveyance is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage accuracyVSAvoiddisplay control complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic image selection where the display control unit changes the displayed image based on real-time road information, time, and weather conditions. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain high accuracy without requiring complex manual intervention, as the system automatically adjusts to current conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the image selection process into multiple independent factors: road information acquisition, time information acquisition, and weather information acquisition. Each factor is processed separately and combined to determine the final image selection, making the complex decision-making process more manageable and systematic

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12365243B2Vehicle display control device, vehicle display control method, and vehicle storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.07.22 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

A vehicle display control device includes at least one processor, the processor being configured to recognize a travel lane, and to effect display of one image of preset plural images along a travel lane so as to be superimposed on a view ahead of a host vehicle in a case in which a travel position of the host vehicle has approached an edge of the travel lane.