Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle speed limit display device
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Application No.: US15152335Application Date: 2016-05-11
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Publication No.: US09963034B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Yusuke Fujimaki
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2015-096793 20150511
- Main IPC: B60K35/00
- IPC: B60K35/00 ; G08G1/0962 ; G06K9/00 ; G08G1/0967

Abstract:
A speed limit display device for a vehicle, includes an indicator configured to display information related to a speed limit of a road; an image obtaining device configured to capture an image of a landscape and obtain image data of the landscape; and an electronic control unit configured to detect the speed limit indicated on a traffic sign in the captured landscape, and display the speed limit on the indicator. The electronic control unit is configured to i) determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied when the traffic sign is detected, the predetermined condition including a condition that a distance between the vehicle and the traffic sign be less than a predetermined distance, ii) display the detected speed limit when the predetermined condition is satisfied, and iii) not display the detected speed limit when the predetermined condition is not satisfied.
Public/Granted literature
- US10005360B2 Vehicle speed limit display device Public/Granted day:2018-06-26
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