- Patent Title: Systems and methods for assisting a vehicle driver at a roundabout
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Application No.: US17974964Application Date: 2022-10-27
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Publication No.: US12080164B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Manuel Ludwig Kuehner , Hiroshi Yasuda
- Applicant: Woven by Toyota, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Woven by Toyota, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Woven by Toyota, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Darrow Mustafa PC
- Agent Christopher G. Darrow
- Main IPC: B60W30/08
- IPC: B60W30/08 ; G08G1/0967 ; G08G1/16 ; B60Q9/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods for assisting a vehicle driver at a roundabout are disclosed herein. One embodiment determines that a vehicle is approaching and is within a predetermined distance from a roundabout and plays, in a passenger compartment of the vehicle in response to the determining that the vehicle is approaching and is within the predetermined distance from the roundabout, an audio prompt such that the audio prompt is panned from a first speaker on a first side of the vehicle to a second speaker on a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side of the vehicle to indicate, to a driver of the vehicle, a correct direction in which to traverse the roundabout to assist the driver with regard to the roundabout being a right-hand-traffic (RHT) roundabout or a left-hand-traffic (LHT) roundabout.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240144819A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING A VEHICLE DRIVER AT A ROUNDABOUT Public/Granted day:2024-05-02
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