Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Out-of-vehicle notification device
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Application No.: US16382369Application Date: 2019-04-12
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Publication No.: US10759329B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Junichi Morimura , Seiji Arakawa
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5e0aa3c7
- Main IPC: B60Q1/26
- IPC: B60Q1/26 ; B60Q1/28 ; B60Q1/46 ; B60Q1/34

Abstract:
An out-of-vehicle notification device includes a light emitting unit, a light emission control unit configured to cause the light emitting unit to flicker corresponding to a traveling state of a host vehicle in a forward-backward direction, a blinker configured to perform notification about a steering direction with respect to an outside of the host vehicle by using light, a blinker control unit configured to cause the blinker to flicker based on an operation instruction for the blinker, and a flickering adjustment unit configured to adjust timing of flickering at which the light emitting unit is caused to flicker by the light emission control unit and timing of flickering at which the blinker is caused to flicker by the blinker control unit.
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