Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driving assistance device
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Application No.: US15847226Application Date: 2017-12-19
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Publication No.: US10741082B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Koji Kurata
- Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu-Shi, Shizuoka
- Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu-Shi, Shizuoka
- Agency: Stein IP, LLC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@73f638ab
- Main IPC: G08G1/16
- IPC: G08G1/16 ; B60K35/00 ; B60R1/00 ; B60W50/14 ; G06K9/00 ; G08G1/0962

Abstract:
There is provided a driving assistance device. An imaging unit is configured to acquire an image of another vehicle running behind one vehicle which is equipped with the driving assistance device. A tailgating determining unit is configured to determine whether the another vehicle is tailgating the one vehicle on the basis of the image acquired by the imaging unit. A continuity determining unit is configured to determine whether tailgating determined by the tailgating determining unit has been performed continuously. An information providing unit configured to provide a driver of the one vehicle with information on the another vehicle, if the continuity determining unit determines that the tailgating has been performed continuously.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180197415A1 DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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