Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Out-of-vehicle notification device
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Application No.: US17095046Application Date: 2020-11-11
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Publication No.: US11548441B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- 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: JPJP2018-092828 20180514
- Main IPC: B60Q5/00
- IPC: B60Q5/00 ; G06V20/56 ; G06V40/10

Abstract:
An out-of-vehicle notification device includes a traveling state detecting unit configured to detect a traveling state of the host vehicle, a first output unit configured to output a sound to an outside of the host vehicle, and a notification control unit configured to cause the first output unit to output a traveling notification sound indicating that the host vehicle is traveling when the host vehicle is traveling and to output a vehicle stoppage notification sound indicating that the host vehicle is stopped when the host vehicle is stopped. The traveling notification sound is a continuous sound continuously output. The vehicle stoppage notification sound is an intermittent sound intermittently output or a repetitive sound of which an intensity is repeatedly changed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210061171A1 OUT-OF-VEHICLE NOTIFICATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-03-04
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