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US 12,409,848 B2Granted
Vehicle information notification device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsShunichi Nakabayashi, Masato Nakata, Akihiko Tomoda, Ko Hosokawa
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Abstract
This vehicle information notification device includes: a pair of left and right grips which are formed on a steering handle; and a vibration device (which is disposed on at least one of the pair of left and right grips to notify a driver of predetermined information, wherein a plurality of the vibration devices are provided on one of the left and right grips. Both of the pair of left and right grips are respectively provided with a plurality of vibration devices.
Claims9
A vehicle information notification device comprising:
- a pair of left and right grips which are formed on a steering handle;
- and a vibration device which is an actuator disposed on at least one of the pair of left and right grips to notify a driver by giving predetermined vibration information,
- wherein a plurality of vibration devices are provided on one of the left and right grips,
- wherein an operation intervention function is provided to intervene in an operation performed by the driver based on an object information detected by a camera or a radar,
- wherein the operation intervention function includes at least one of a steering intervention function that assists the steering handle by applying an assist torque and a breaking intervention function that assist a breaking of vehicle wheel by generating an assist braking force,
- wherein the vibration device is vibrated while being interlocked with the operation intervention function,
- wherein the vibration device is vibrated in a vibration mode different from that when the operation intervention function is operated in a standby state in which a system of the operation intervention function is activated and the operation intervention function is not operated yet, and
- wherein the vibration device is vibrated intermittently at a predetermined first time interval in the standby state and is vibrated intermittently at a second time interval shorter than the first time interval or is vibrated continuously without any time interval when the operation intervention function is operated.
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