Vehicular drawing device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorFumihiko Mouri
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Abstract
A vehicular drawing device is mounted in a vehicle and draws an indication mark of a predetermined shape on a road surface in a traveling direction of the vehicle using light. Drawing of the indication mark on the road surface is performed when a direction indicator is operating or when steering of the vehicle is being performed. Drawing of the indication mark is stopped or a direction in which the indication mark is drawn is changed when predetermined conditions are satisfied.
Claims6
A vehicular drawing device that is mounted in a vehicle and draws an indication mark of a predetermined shape on a road surface in a traveling direction of the vehicle using light, wherein:
- drawing of the indication mark on the road surface is performed when a direction indicator is operating or when steering of the vehicle is being performed;
- and
- drawing of the indication mark is stopped when predetermined conditions are satisfied, wherein
- drawing of the indication mark indicating that the vehicle is traveling to an oncoming lane is stopped when there is an oncoming vehicle,
- drawing of the indication mark is not stopped when the vehicle is located within a crossing, and
- drawing of the indication mark outward of a lane which is a lane change destination is stopped when a lane in which the vehicle is traveling is changed.
A vehicular drawing device that is mounted in a vehicle and draws an indication mark of a predetermined shape on a road surface in a traveling direction of the vehicle using light, wherein:
- drawing of the indication mark on the road surface is performed when a direction indicator is operating or when steering of the vehicle is being performed;
- and
- drawing of the indication mark is stopped when the vehicle enters a sidewalk and the direction indicator is operating but steering is not being performed.
A vehicular drawing device that is mounted in a vehicle and draws an indication mark of a predetermined shape on a road surface in a traveling direction of the vehicle using light, wherein:
- drawing of the indication mark on the road surface is performed when a direction indicator is operating or when steering of the vehicle is being performed;
- and
- drawing of the indication mark is in a direction parallel to a sidewalk is prohibited or an indication mark to be drawn is changed to display entrance into a road when the vehicle enters the road from a sidewalk.
A vehicular drawing device that is mounted in a vehicle and draws an indication mark of a predetermined shape on a road surface in a traveling direction of the vehicle using light, wherein:
- drawing of the indication mark on the road surface is performed when a direction indicator is operating or when steering of the vehicle is being performed;
- and
- a direction in which the indication mark is drawn is changed to a direction directed to a target lane when a direction of the indication mark of the predetermined shape is not directed to the target lane;
- drawing of the indication mark indicating that the vehicle is traveling to an oncoming lane is stopped when there is an oncoming vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.