Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Visual ability improvement supporting device
- Patent Title (中): 视觉能力提升支持装置
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Application No.: US11662341Application Date: 2005-12-15
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Publication No.: US08106751B2Publication Date: 2012-01-31
- Inventor: Hiroto Nakatani , Teiyuu Kimura , Noriyuki Ozaki , Kenichi Mori , Minoru Makiguchi
- Applicant: Hiroto Nakatani , Teiyuu Kimura , Noriyuki Ozaki , Kenichi Mori , Minoru Makiguchi
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Posz Law Group, PLC
- Priority: JP2004-366691 20041217
- International Application: PCT/JP2005/023446 WO 20051215
- International Announcement: WO2006/064968 WO 20060622
- Main IPC: B60Q1/00
- IPC: B60Q1/00 ; G08G1/09

Abstract:
A visual ability improvement device installed in a vehicle includes a noise generator, a surrounding situation detector, a driver status detector, a vehicle status detector, an operation switch, and a noise output device. A controller of the noise generator determines an optimum strength based on the surrounding situation from the surrounding situation detector, the driver's status from the driver status detector, the vehicle's status from the vehicle status detector, and the correspondence of the optimum representative noise to the above situation and statuses from the correspondence memory. Then the controller generates a noise with the determined the optimum representative noise strength, and outputs to the noise output device such as passenger compartment light a control signal which depends on the generated noise.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080136609A1 Visual Ability Improvement Supporting Device Public/Granted day:2008-06-12
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