Patent ID: 11922596
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A display control device for a vehicle, the display control device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor connected to the memory, the processor being configured to:
detect a target ahead of a vehicle;
set an apparent angle of a marker relative to a reference plane in accordance with a distance between the target and the vehicle, the reference plane being related to a road surface on which the vehicle is traveling;
display the marker so as to be superimposed on the target as viewed by a driver of the vehicle;
set the reference plane to the road surface;
set the apparent angle to an index angle having a magnitude that is no larger than a right angle, the index angle being an angle between the marker and the road surface;
decrease the index angle in conjunction with a decrease in the distance between the vehicle and the target;
increase the index angle in conjunction with an increase in the distance between the vehicle and the target;
set the index angle to a right angle in response to the distance between the vehicle and the target being at least a predetermined distance;
change a size of the marker in accordance with the distance between the vehicle and the target; and
set the size of the marker to be constant relative to the target.