DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE

• Main Authors: SAAD Tarek, ALEXANDER Jeanphilippe, KUSAYANAGI Yoshinori, YANAGI Takura, WATANABE Seigo
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.07.2020
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A display control device (100) includes: a turn signal (8) installed in a vehicle; indicators (6a, 6b) for displaying a lighting state of the turn signal (8) to an occupant of the vehicle; and a controller (23) for controlling the lighting state of the turn signal (8) and a lighting state of the indicators (6a, 6b). The controller (23) makes timing of starting to turn on the turn signal (8) and timing of starting to turn on the indicators (6a, 6b) different from each other.