VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM

• Main Authors: NOSE, Masashi, MIYAZAWA, Tomoaki, KUMAZAWA, Kazuya, TSUJINO, Miki, KITAZAWA, Tsukasa
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.06.2024
• 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; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A vehicle control device including a processor. When a vehicle is executing driving assistance control to change lanes toward one side of either the left or the right, the processor generates a virtual viewpoint image representing an area positioned further in front of and at the other side than an occupant of the vehicle based on image data acquired by cameras mounted to the vehicle and based on a virtual viewpoint positioned further to another side of either the left or the right than a vehicle width direction center of the vehicle, and causes display of the virtual viewpoint image on a display device provided to the vehicle.