Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information provision apparatus and driving assistance system using the same
- Patent Title (中): 信息提供装置及使用其的驾驶辅助系统
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Application No.: US11543756Application Date: 2006-10-04
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Publication No.: US07865310B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Shinichi Nakano , Akira Nakaya
- Applicant: Shinichi Nakano , Akira Nakaya
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Agency: Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JP2005-292822 20051005
- Main IPC: G08G1/16
- IPC: G08G1/16

Abstract:
An information provision apparatus mounted in a driver's vehicle, including a vehicle approach determiner configured to execute a vehicle approach determination process to determine whether or not an opponent vehicle is likely to approach the driver's vehicle at a future time, based on driving information including information as to whether a blinker of the driver's vehicle is in an on-state or in an off-state at a current time, and driving information including information as to whether a blinker of the opponent vehicle is in an on-state or in an off-state, and a notification device configured to inform a driver driving the driver's vehicle of an opponent vehicle that is likely to approach the driver's vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070078601A1 Information provision apparatus and driving assistance system using the same Public/Granted day:2007-04-05
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