TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a surrounding situation display method and a surrounding situation display device for detecting a situation around a host vehicle and displaying the detected situation.

BACKGROUND

A technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2016-130971, for example, has been known as a technique for notifying an occupant of a mode change during travel by autonomous driving. In Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2016-130971, the time to be taken before travel control by autonomous driving changes is calculated and is displayed on a screen in the form of a numerical value to notify the occupant of the timing of the change.

SUMMARY

In Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2016-130971, in which the timing when the travel control by autonomous driving changes is displayed in the form of a numerical value, if the occupant glances at the displayed numerical value and counts down with his or her own sense of time, there can be a gap between the occupant's countdown and the countdown displayed on the screen. Hence, the occupant may possibly fail to properly recognize the timing when an action of the vehicle changes.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and an object thereof is to provide a surrounding situation display method and a surrounding situation display device capable of properly notifying an occupant of the timing of the action change by autonomous driving.

In an aspect of the present invention, a timing when an action of a host vehicle is changed by an autonomous driving function is displayed in a varying display bar that has a prescribed display frame and displays an indication position within the display frame while shifting the indication position.

According to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to properly notify an occupant of the timing of an action change by autonomous driving.

