Display control device for vehicle and display unit for vehicle

Abstract

A vehicle display control device for a vehicle: controls a display device for displaying information in a display region in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle; identifies an effective range of a traffic regulation indicated by a traffic regulation mark; identifies a remaining amount, which is at least one of a remaining travel distance and a remaining travel time required from a vehicle position of the vehicle to an end point of the effective range; and controls the display device to display remaining amount information indicating the remaining amount, in addition to traffic regulation content information indicating a content of the traffic regulation in the effective range, in the display region when the vehicle enters into the effective range.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vehicle display control device for a vehicle comprising:
 a display control unit that controls a display device for displaying information in a display region in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle; and   an effective range identification unit that identifies an effective range of a traffic regulation indicated by a traffic regulation mark, which is at least one of a traffic sign or a road marking on a travelling road of the vehicle, wherein:   when the vehicle enters into the effective range, the display control unit controls the display device to display traffic regulation content information indicating a content of the traffic regulation in the effective range, in the display region;   the display region includes a plurality of display areas at different positions from each other; and   the display control unit switches the display region for displaying the traffic regulation content information according to a travelling situation of the vehicle with respect to the effective range.   
     
     
         2 . The vehicle display control device according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the display device as a head-up display displays a virtual image of a display image visible for the driver by projecting the display image to one of a plurality of projection areas in front of the driver's seat of the vehicle; and   each of the plurality of display areas is a display area of the virtual image corresponding to a respective projection area of the display device.   
     
     
         3 . The vehicle display control device according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 each of the plurality of display areas is a display area for displaying information in a respective one of a plurality of display devices having different types.   
     
     
         4 . A vehicle display unit for a vehicle comprising:
 a display device that displays information in a display region in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle; and   the vehicle display control device according to  claim 1 .   
     
     
         5 . A vehicle display control device for a vehicle comprising:
 a display control unit that controls a display device for displaying information in a display region in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle;   an effective range identification unit that identifies an effective range of a presentation of information for a driver of the vehicle;   a remaining amount identification unit that identifies a remaining amount, which is at least one of a remaining travel distance and a remaining travel time required from a vehicle position of the vehicle to an end point of the effective range, wherein:   when the vehicle enters into the effective range, the display control unit controls the display device to display remaining amount information indicating the remaining amount identified by the remaining amount identification unit, in addition to the information for the driver, in the display region;   the display region includes a plurality of display areas at different positions from each other; and   the display control unit switches the display region for displaying the remaining amount information according to a travelling situation of the vehicle with respect to the effective range.   
     
     
         6 . The vehicle display control device according to  claim 5 , wherein:
 the display control unit controls to display the remaining amount information in one of the display areas for displaying an image that appears farther from a driver seated in the driver's seat when the vehicle enters into the effective range; and   the display control unit successively switches the one of the display areas for displaying the remaining amount information to another one of the display areas for displaying the image that appears nearer from the driver seated in the driver's seat.   
     
     
         7 . The vehicle display control device according to  claim 5 , wherein:
 the display device as a head-up display displays a virtual image of a display image visible for the driver by projecting the display image to one of a plurality of projection areas in front of the driver's seat of the vehicle; and   each of the plurality of display areas is a display area of the virtual image corresponding to a respective projection area of the display device.   
     
     
         8 . The vehicle display control device according to  claim 5 , wherein:
 each of the plurality of display areas is a display area for displaying information in a respective one of a plurality of display devices having different types.   
     
     
         9 . A vehicle display unit for a vehicle comprising:
 a display device that displays information in a display region in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle; and   the vehicle display control device according to  claim 5 .