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US 12,609,031 B2Granted
Notification device, notification method, and program
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuta Nishizawa, Kenji Komori
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Abstract
A notification device capable of providing an alarm notification with respect to a person who is likely to jump into a travel route of a vehicle at an appropriate timing is provided. The notification device provided in the vehicle acquires attribute information about a person located within a range of a predetermined distance from the vehicle. The notification device classifies the person based on the attribute information. The notification device adjusts a timing of a notification for the person based on a classification result.
Claims12
A notification device comprising:
- a memory that stores a program;
- and
- a processor that, upon execution of the program, is configured to operate as:
- an attribute acquisition part configured to acquire attribute information about a person located within a range of a predetermined distance from a moving object;
- a classification part configured to classify the person based on the attribute information;
- an adjustment part configured to adjust a timing of a notification for the person based on a classification result;
- a notification part configured to facilitate an output, at a user device, of the notification in the form of an alarm,
- a moving state estimation part configured to estimate a moving direction and a moving speed of the person;
- and
- a travel route recognition part configured to recognize an intersection status of a travel route along which the moving object travels associated with another travel route,
- wherein the adjustment part further adjusts the timing of the notification for the person based on the moving direction and the moving speed of the person,
- wherein the adjustment part adjusts the timing of the notification for the person based on the intersection status,
- wherein the adjustment part adjusts the timing of the notification based on a combination of an age range of the person, the moving direction of the person relative to the intersection status, and the moving speed of the person,
- wherein the adjustment part adjusts the timing so that an earliest notification is provided when it is difficult to acquire the attribute information within a predetermined period of time from a timing when the person has been recognized, and
- wherein the adjustment part identifies a collision margin time indicating a period of time from a time when the person moves to the travel route along which the moving object travels to the time when the person collides with the moving object according to a plurality of ages indicated in the classification result for the person and adjusts the timing of the notification to a timing when the collision margin time can be ensured,
- wherein the attribute information includes information about at least an age of the person,
- wherein the classification part outputs the classification result related to the age of the person based on the age,
- the classification part classifies the person into one of at least three age ranges based on the age of the person, and
- the adjustment part provides the notification at an earlier time when the person is in a youngest age range, compared to the other age ranges.
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A notification method comprising:
- acquiring, by a computer comprising a memory and a processor, attribute information about a person located within a range of a predetermined distance from a moving object;
- classifying, by the computer, the person based on the attribute information which includes information about at least an age of the person;
- adjusting, by the computer, a timing of a notification for the person based on a classification result;
- outputting the classification result related to the age of the person based on the age;
- classifying the person into one of at least three age ranges based on the age of the person;
- providing the notification at an earlier time when the person is in a youngest age range, compared to the other age ranges;
- facilitating, by the computer, an output, at a user device, of the notification in the form of an alarm;
- estimating, by the computer, a moving direction and a moving speed of the person;
- and
- recognizing, by the computer, an intersection status of a travel route along which the moving object travels associated with another travel route,
- wherein the computer further adjusts the timing of the notification for the person based on the moving direction and the moving speed of the person,
- the computer adjusts the timing of the notification for the person based on the intersection status,
- the computer adjusts the timing of the notification based on a combination of an age range of the person, the moving direction of the person relative to the intersection status, and the moving speed of the person,
- the computer adjusts the timing so that an earliest notification is provided when it is difficult to acquire the attribute information within a predetermined period of time from a timing when the person has been recognized, and
- the computer identifies a collision margin time indicating a period of time from a time when the person moves to the travel route along which the moving object travels to the time when the person collides with the moving object according to a plurality of ages indicated in the classification result for the person and adjusts the timing of the notification to a timing when the collision margin time can be ensured.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising a program for causing a computer to execute processes of:
- acquiring attribute information about a person located within a range of a predetermined distance from a moving object;
- classifying the person based on the attribute information which includes information about at least an age of the person;
- adjusting a timing of a notification for the person based on a classification result;
- outputting the classification result related to the age of the person based on the age;
- classifying the person into one of at least three age ranges based on the age of the person;
- providing the notification at an earlier time when the person is in a youngest age range, compared to the other age ranges;
- facilitating an output, at a user device, of the notification in the form of an alarm;
- estimating a moving direction and a moving speed of the person;
- and
- recognizing an intersection status of a travel route along which the moving object travels associated with another travel route,
- wherein the computer further adjusts the timing of the notification for the person based on the moving direction and the moving speed of the person,
- the computer adjusts the timing of the notification for the person based on the intersection status,
- the computer adjusts the timing of the notification based on a combination of an age range of the person, the moving direction of the person relative to the intersection status, and the moving speed of the person,
- the computer adjusts the timing so that an earliest notification is provided when it is difficult to acquire the attribute information within a predetermined period of time from a timing when the person has been recognized, and
- the computer identifies a collision margin time indicating a period of time from a time when the person moves to the travel route along which the moving object travels to the time when the person collides with the moving object according to a plurality of ages indicated in the classification result for the person and adjusts the timing of the notification to a timing when the collision margin time can be ensured.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.