US 11,701,934 B2
Towing assist device
Yuki Matsushita, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to CLARION CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Filed by Clarion Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/116,586.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-000575 (JP), filed on Jan. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0206213 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. B60D 1/36 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60D 1/36 (2013.01) [B60R 1/003 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A towing assist device, comprising:
an imaging device that is configured to capture a rear area from a towed vehicle when a towing vehicle moves backward, the towed vehicle being connected to the towing vehicle via a connector;
a monitor device that comprises a display screen configured to display a captured image which is captured by the imaging device, and a touch screen function for detecting a touch position to the display screen; and
a controller that is connected to the imaging device and the monitor device, the controller being configured to control a display of the monitor device when the towing vehicle moves backward;
wherein the controller comprises:
a display setting processing portion that is configured to set on the display screen, a captured image display portion that displays the captured image and an operation image display portion that displays an operation image;
a model display processing portion that is configured to display a towing vehicle model that represents the towing vehicle and a towed vehicle model that represents the towed vehicle on the operation image display portion;
a touch operation detection portion that is configured to detect a touch operation that moves the towed vehicle model displayed on the operation image display portion of the display screen; and
a movement direction model display processing portion that is configured to obtain a movement direction and a rotational angle of the towed vehicle in accordance with a direction and an angle of the touch operation to the towed vehicle model, the touch operation being an operation to input the direction and the angle to move the towed vehicle backward while touching of the towed vehicle model is maintained,
wherein the movement direction model display processing portion is further configured to display, on the captured image display portion, the captured image and a movement direction display model that represents the movement direction of the towed vehicle on the captured image in accordance with the movement direction and the rotational angle of the towed vehicle.