Vehicle approach warning system
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorYouji Yamashita
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Abstract
A control unit detects presence of a person and a direction of his/her face based on image information inputted from an imaging device, and determines that a warning need be provided to notify the person of vehicle approach if the person is detected but his/her face is not detected. The control unit checks a determination result as to whether the warning should be provided to a warning sound output device. The warning sound output device generates warning sound in response to the determination result indicating that sound warning is needed.
Claims11
A vehicle approach warning system comprising:
- a person state detection part for detecting a person present around a vehicle and a state of the person;
- a warning control part for checking whether a warning, which indicates vehicle approach is needed, based on a detection result of the person state detection part;
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- an approach warning part for generating the warning in response to a check result of the warning control part indicating that the warning is needed,
- wherein the person state detection part is configured to detect a face of the person as the state of the person based on whether the face of the person is detected, and
- wherein the warning control part is configured to determine that the warning of the vehicle approach is needed in response to the detection result indicating that the person is detected but the face of the person is not detected.
A vehicle approach warning system comprising:
- an imaging device configured to take an image in a forward area in a direction of travel of a vehicle;
- a control unit configured to check a state of a person present in the forward area based on the image taken by the imaging device, the state of a person including at least one of whether the person is in a plurality of persons, whether the person is with a cane, whether the person is with a dog and whether the person is directing his/her face toward the vehicle;
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- a warning output device configured to generate warning indicating approach of the vehicle in response to only a check result of the control unit, which indicates that the person is in the plurality of persons, the person is with the cane, the person is with the dog or the person is not directing his/her face towards the vehicle.
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