Title:
安全確認支援装置及びプログラム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5568345
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To guide safety confirmation to the specific direction without feeling troublesomeness or without obstructing safety confirmation to the periphery even in the complicated driving condition such as the right-turn waiting condition or the condition just before left-turn.SOLUTION: A plurality of LEDs are arranged (light presenting part 16) with an interval for generating apparent movement in a region across the front of a driver including the range of upward or downward 15-20° (for example, downward 15°) with respect to a central view when the driver confirms the front, a control part 18 determines whether the own vehicle is in the right-turn waiting condition or the condition just before left-turn based on vehicle information of the own vehicle, and the LEDs are sequentially lit from left to right in the time interval for generating the apparent movement when it is determined as to be the right-turn waiting condition, and the LEDs are sequentially lit from right to left in the time interval for generating the apparent movement when it is determined as to be the condition just before left-turn. In this case, in a period with the non-lighting time for the prescribed time or more with respect to a series of lighting time, lighting is sequentially repeated while the condition is determined as the right-turn waiting condition or the condition just before the left-turn.
Inventors:
Kiyomi Sakakibara
Umemura Yoshiyuki
Kenji Kimura
Umemura Yoshiyuki
Kenji Kimura
Application Number:
JP2010064139A
Publication Date:
August 06, 2014
Filing Date:
March 19, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Toyota Central R & D Labs.
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
International Classes:
G08G1/16; B60Q3/02; B60Q3/04
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2001289660A | ||||
| JP2005059660A | ||||
| JP2008204160A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Nakajima
Kato Kazunori
Kato Kazunori