Patent ID: 11893812
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. A vehicle display method comprising, by a processor:
acquiring information relating to a plurality of obstacles in surroundings of a vehicle;
for the plurality of obstacles, displaying, on a display region inside a vehicle cabin, at least one of a predetermined individual mark prompting caution toward an individual obstacle among the plurality of obstacles or a predetermined cluster mark prompting caution toward a plurality of the obstacles;
determining whether any of the plurality of obstacles is walking or traveling toward the vehicle;
determining to display both the cluster mark and the individual mark in a case in which it is determined that the individual obstacle is walking or traveling toward the vehicle;
not displaying both the cluster mark and the individual mark in a case in which it is determined that the individual obstacle is neither walking nor traveling toward the vehicle;
determining whether a number of the obstacles is a predetermined value or above; and
displaying the cluster mark while not displaying the individual mark in a case in which it is determined that the number of the obstacles is the predetermined value or above and it is determined that none of the plurality of obstacles is walking or traveling toward the vehicle,
wherein the cluster mark is displayed superimposed on the corresponding obstacles.