DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

• Main Authors: Oki, Yasuhisa, Mihara, Masaya
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.08.2022
• Subjects: 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; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A display control device includes a vehicle-information acquiring unit and a display control unit. The vehicle-information acquiring unit is configured to acquire information on at least one nearby vehicle close to a vehicle. The display control unit is configured to display an image showing the nearby vehicle based on the information on the nearby vehicle. The display control unit displays, in a switching manner, a first image showing the nearby vehicle and a second image showing the nearby vehicle having a smaller amount of information than the first image.