Vehicle information system for a loop intersection
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorTakashi Shimotani
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Abstract
A driver of a vehicle that is going to enter a loop intersection is allowed to perceive vehicles traveling on a loop road and vehicles that are going to enter the loop intersection from separate roads. Infrared ray sensors for detecting vehicles in the loop intersection, and infrared ray sensors for detecting vehicles that are going to enter the loop intersection from the roads. Billboards equipped with display units at places that can be seen from the roads to display the vehicles that are detected by the infrared ray sensors. Transmitters transmit, to a unit mounted on the vehicle, information related to the detected vehicles, so that the vehicles are displayed on a display unit of the vehicle.
Claims10
A vehicle information system for a loop intersection to which a plurality of roads is connected, the vehicle information system comprising:
- traveling vehicle detecting means for detecting a traveling vehicle traveling in the loop intersection;
- notifying means which notifies traffic condition in the loop intersection;
- and
- control means which, when the traveling vehicle detecting means detects the traveling vehicle, notifies the traveling vehicle to an approaching vehicle that is going to enter the loop intersection from one of the plurality of roads.
A vehicle information system for a loop intersection connected to a plurality of roads, the vehicle information system comprising:
- approaching vehicle detecting means for detecting an approaching vehicle that is going to enter the loop intersection from one of the plurality of roads;
- and
- notifying means which, when the approaching vehicle detecting means detects the approaching vehicle, notifies another approaching vehicle which is going to enter the loop intersection from another road of the plurality of roads which is neighboring to the one of the plurality of roads on which the approaching vehicle is detected in a predetermined traveling direction in the loop intersection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.