# US 10,766,416 B2 · Alarm system for vehicle

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- Number: US 10,766,416 B2
- Document ID: US10766416B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/410,572
- Filed: 2019-05-13
- Published: 2019-12-05
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-01
- Assignees: Mazda Motor Corporation
- Applicants: Mazda Motor Corporation
- Inventors: Toshiki Yoshihara; Koji Hirai; Yoshitsugu Hanada; Kazuhito Hayashi; Koji Kagami; Hiromichi Nomura; Kazuya Maruoka; Yuki Okamoto; Yuki Yoshida
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766416B2

## CPC

- B60Q 9/008: {for anti-collision purposes}
- G08G 1/166: {for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes}
- B60W 50/0097: {Predicting future conditions}
- B60W 50/08: Interaction between the driver and the control system
- G08G 1/167: {Driving aids for lane monitoring, lane changing, e.g. blind spot detection}
- B60W 2050/143: {Alarm means}
- B60W 2050/146: {Display means}
- B60W 2540/18: Steering angle
- B60W 2554/00: Input parameters relating to objects
- B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})
- B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT

## Abstract

To provide an alarm system for a vehicle that can appropriately raise an alarm to a driver of a vehicle that is entering an intersection. An alarm system 1 for a vehicle includes an alarm line setting part 51 that sets a right alarm line 61 and a left alarm line 62 both extending forward from a vehicle 2. The alarm line setting part 51 sets the length of the right alarm line 61 and the left alarm line 62 at L1 when the vehicle is running in a straight line. The alarm line setting part 51 sets the length of the right alarm line 61 or the left alarm line 62 at a length different from L1 when the vehicle 2 is to turn left or right at an intersection 83 to enter a first lane 81 or a second lane 82.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An alarm system for a vehicle, comprising:
an alarm line setting part that sets an alarm line that extends forward from the vehicle;
an object detection part that detects an object on a side of the vehicle;
a collision determination part that determines whether or not the object crosses the alarm line within a predetermined time;
an alarm unit control part that activates an alarm unit when the collision determination part determines that the object crosses the alarm line within the predetermined time; and
a left/right-turn determination part that determines that the vehicle is to turn left or right at an intersection,
wherein, provided that, when the vehicle enters the intersection, of a plurality of lanes at the intersection that intersect with a lane in which the vehicle is running, a lane closer to the vehicle is defined as a first lane, and an opposing lane to the first lane that is further from the vehicle is defined as a second lane;
the alarm line setting part sets a length of the alarm line at a first length when the vehicle is running in a straight line;
the alarm line setting part sets the length of the alarm line at a length different from the first length when the vehicle is to turn left or right at the intersection to enter the first lane or the second lane;
the alarm line setting part sets the length of the alarm line at a second length shorter than the first length when the vehicle is to turn left or right at the intersection to enter the first lane;
the alarm line setting part sets, as the alarm line, a right alarm line for an object on a right side and a left alarm line that is set for an object on a left side independently from the right alarm line;
the alarm line setting part sets the length of the right alarm line at the second length when the vehicle is to turn right at the intersection to enter the first lane;
the alarm line setting part sets the length of the left alarm line at the second length when the vehicle is to turn left at the intersection to enter the first lane;
the alarm line setting part sets the length of the left alarm line in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at a third length longer than the first length when the vehicle is to turn right at the intersection to enter the first lane; and
the alarm line setting part sets the length of the right alarm line in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle at the third length when the vehicle is to turn left at the intersection to enter the first lane.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The alarm system for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the left/right-turn determination part determines that the vehicle is to turn left or right at the intersection based on at least one of a turn signal switch and a steering angle.

### Claim 3

An alarm system for a vehicle, comprising:
an alarm line setting part that sets an alarm line that extends forward from the vehicle;
an object detection part that detects an object on a side of the vehicle;
a collision determination part that determines whether or not the object crosses the alarm line within a predetermined time;
an alarm unit control part that activates an alarm unit when the collision determination part determines that the object crosses the alarm line within the predetermined time; and
a left/right-turn determination part that determines that the vehicle is to turn left or right at an intersection,
wherein, provided that, when the vehicle enters the intersection, of a plurality of lanes at the intersection that intersect with a lane in which the vehicle is running, a lane closer to the vehicle is defined as a first lane, and an opposing lane to the first lane that is further from the vehicle is defined as a second lane;
the alarm line setting part sets a length of the alarm line at a first length when the vehicle is running in a straight line;
the alarm line setting part sets the length of the alarm line at a length different from the first length when the vehicle is to turn left or right at the intersection to enter the first lane or the second lane; and
the alarm line setting part sets the length of the alarm line in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle to be longer than the first length when the vehicle is to turn left or right at the intersection to enter the second lane.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The alarm system for a vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the left/right-turn determination part determines that the vehicle is to turn left or right at the intersection based on at least one of a turn signal switch and a steering angle.