Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Out-of-vehicle notification device
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Application No.: US17175217Application Date: 2021-02-12
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Publication No.: US11260789B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Junichi Morimura , 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: JPJP2018-084346 20180425
- Main IPC: B60Q1/26
- IPC: B60Q1/26 ; B60Q1/28 ; B60Q1/46 ; B60Q1/34

Abstract:
An out-of-vehicle notification device includes a moving person detecting unit configured to detect a moving person who is to be notified of information by means of light based on a result of detection performed by an outside situation detecting unit, a plurality of light emitting units, a light emission control unit configured to cause the light emitting units to emit light, and an operating state detecting unit configured to detect operating states of blinkers of the host vehicle. When an operation of the blinker is detected, the light emission control unit forbids light emission of the light emitting unit that is provided within a predetermined area around the blinker in operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210162917A1 OUT-OF-VEHICLE NOTIFICATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-06-03
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