Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle external notification device
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Application No.: US16010569Application Date: 2018-06-18
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Publication No.: US10930153B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Junichi Morimura , Junya Watanabe , Seiji Arakawa
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2017-149299 20170801
- Main IPC: G08G1/16
- IPC: G08G1/16 ; G05D1/00 ; G06N5/04 ; B60Q1/52 ; B60W30/095 ; B60Q1/00 ; G06N7/00

Abstract:
Provided is a vehicle external notification device including a first notification unit that gives notice of information on an action schedule so as to be recognizable from the front of a host vehicle, a second notification unit that gives notice of the information so as to be recognizable from the side of the host vehicle, an action schedule unit that predicts a future action of a pedestrian, a parallel advance prediction unit that predicts whether or not the pedestrian advances in parallel with the host vehicle, and a notification control unit that causes the first notification unit to give notice of the information when it is predicted that the pedestrian does not advance in parallel with the host vehicle, and causes the second notification unit to give notice of the information when it is predicted that the pedestrian advances in parallel with the host vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190043362A1 VEHICLE EXTERNAL NOTIFICATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-02-07
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