US-12625564-B2 - Vehicle information display system

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Abstract

A vehicle information display system an operation section provided at one side in a vehicle width direction relative to a driver seat, the operation section being structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant; and a display section provided at a position that is viewable from the driver seat, a vicinity information display region in which vicinity information of the vehicle being displayed being specified at a central portion of the display section, and a selection option display region being specified at one side in the vehicle width direction of the display section, relative to the vicinity information display region, the selection option display region being selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section.

Inventors

Satoaki TAKABATAKE
Junji Miyazaki
Koji Kimura
Yuki Yoshida
Ryo Ogata
Tadashi Morishita

Assignees

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20241120
Priority Date: 20200831

Claims (3)

1 . A vehicle information display system comprising: an operation section provided at one side in a vehicle width direction relative to a driver seat, the operation section being structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant; and a display section (i) provided at a position that is viewable from the driver seat and (ii) at which a selection option display region is specified, a selection option that is selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section being displayed at the selection option display region, and the display section also being configured to include a first display section and a second display section that is different from the first display section, wherein the selection option display region is specified at one side in the vehicle width direction of the display section, and a region at which a planned action of the vehicle is displayed is specified at another side in the vehicle width direction of the display section, and the planned action is displayed at both the first display section and the second display section.
2 . The vehicle information display system of claim 1 , wherein a part of the planned action displayed at the second display section is displayed on the first display section.
3 . A vehicle information display system comprising: an operation section provided at one side in a vehicle width direction or a vehicle vertical direction, relative to a central portion of a steering wheel, the operation section being structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant; and a display section (i) provided at a position that is viewable from a driver seat and (ii) at which a selection option display region is specified, a selection option that is selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section being displayed at the selection option display region, and the display section also being configured to include a first display section and a second display section that is different from the first display section, wherein the selection option display region is specified at one side in the vehicle width direction or the vehicle vertical direction of the display section, and a region at which a planned action of the vehicle is displayed is specified at another side in the vehicle width direction or the vehicle vertical direction of the display section, and the planned action is displayed at both the first display section and the second display section.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 18/242,080, filed Sep. 5, 2023, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/385,017, filed Jul. 26, 2021, which is based on and claims priority under 35 USC 119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2020-146389 filed on Aug. 31, 2020. The disclosures of those prior applications are incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND Technical Field The present disclosure relates to an information display system for a vehicle. Related Art Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open (JP-A) No. 2019-006277 discloses a vehicle provided with a switch unit to the side of a seat cushion of a driver seat. In the configuration of JP-A No. 2019-006277, when the switch unit is operated, the switch unit accepts input operations during autonomous driving. A display device is provided to the front of the driver seat. Selection options displayed at a display portion by the display device may be selected by operation of the switch unit. However, a display position of a selection option displayed at the display portion and a position of the switch unit do not correspond. Therefore, when an operation section in addition to the switch unit is provided, a position of this operation section for selecting a selection option is difficult to understand. SUMMARY The present disclosure provides a vehicle information display system that, in a configuration in which a selection option displayed at a display section may be selected by operation of an operation section, enables selection of the selection option with little effort. A vehicle information display system according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes: an operation section provided at one side in a vehicle width direction relative to a driver seat, the operation section being structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant; and a display section provided at a position that is viewable from the driver seat, a vicinity information display region in which vicinity information of the vehicle being displayed being specified at a central portion of the display section, and a selection option display region being specified at one side in the vehicle width direction of the display section, relative to the vicinity information display region, the selection option display region being selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section. In the vehicle information display system according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, the operation section is provided at the one side relative to the driver seat in the vehicle width direction, and the operation section is structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant. The display section is provided at a position that is viewable from the driver seat, and the vicinity information display region in which vicinity information of the vehicle is displayed is specified to be at the central portion of the display section. Therefore, a vehicle occupant sitting on the driver seat may verify vicinity information of the vehicle from the information displayed in the vicinity information display region. The selection option display region, which is selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section, is provided at the one side in the vehicle width direction relative to the vicinity information display region, that is, at the side relative to the driver seat at which the operation section is provided. Therefore, when a selection option is displayed in the selection option display region, the selection option may be selected by the vehicle occupant intuitively operating the operation section that is provided in the same direction as the selection option display region. For example, when the selection option display region is specified at the vehicle left side of the vicinity information display region, the vehicle occupant may select a selection option by operating the operation section that is provided at the left side. Conversely, when the selection option display region is specified at the vehicle right side of the vicinity information display region, the vehicle occupant may select a selection option by operating the operation section that is provided at the right side. The meaning of the term “one side in the vehicle width direction relative to the driver seat” as used herein is intended to include directions that are offset to the one side in the vehicle width direction relative to the center in the vehicle width direction of the driver seat. Therefore, this term is not limited to structures in which the operation section is provided at an armrest, a center console or the like that is disposed to the side of a seat cushion of the driver seat, but broadly encompasses structures in which the operation section is provided at an instrument panel to the front relative to the driver seat. Further, this term encompasses a structure in which, when the cent