MUMBAI, India, Sept. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617081859 A) filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha on July 02, 2026, for Vehicle Surrounding Environment Display Device, Control Method For Vehicle Surrounding Environment Display Device, And Program.
Inventors include Yamamoto Yuki; Maejima Kohei; Furuse Hideaki; and Okada Naoyuki.
The application for the patent was published on September 04, 2026, under issue no. 36/2026.
Abstract: This vehicle surrounding environment display device generates a virtual space corresponding to a surrounding environment of a host vehicle on the basis of detection information of an external sensor of the host vehicle, and displays, on a display, an image in a virtual space viewed from a virtual viewpoint operated by a user of the host vehicle. The virtual space includes a host vehicle icon corresponding to the host vehicle, and the vehicle surrounding environment display device includes an image display unit for controlling the virtual viewpoint such that, as controlled by the user, the greater the operating distance of the virtual viewpoint becomes, the easier it is to bring the virtual viewpoint closer to the host vehicle icon, or, as controlled by the user, the longer the total time of operating the virtual viewpoint becomes, the easier it is to bring the virtual viewpoint closer to the host vehicle icon.
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