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Title:
CONTROL APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012232648
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a control apparatus that can properly control the turning-off of an emergency flasher, and thereby improve a traffic flow.

The control apparatus 1 includes: a preceding vehicle information acquisition unit 30 that when a hazard lamp 50 is turned on, acquires a preceding vehicle information on a state of a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of an own vehicle M; a speed estimation unit 20 that estimates a speed change of the own vehicle M based on the preceding vehicle information which is acquired by the preceding vehicle information acquisition unit 30; and a turning-off decision unit 21 that determines timing based on which the hazard lamp 50 is turned off based on the speed change of the own vehicle M estimated by the speed estimation unit 20.


Inventors:
ONO SAYAKA
Application Number:
JP2011101749A
Publication Date:
November 29, 2012
Filing Date:
April 28, 2011
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60Q1/52; B60Q1/38
Domestic Patent References:
JP2005145385A2005-06-09
JP2009258938A2009-11-05
JP2004268798A2004-09-30
JP2006044447A2006-02-16
JP2011189776A2011-09-29
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiki Hasegawa
Yoshiki Kuroki
Hikaru Suzuki