Driving assistance apparatus and driving assistance method
AssigneesDenso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoto YOSHITOMI, Hajime NAGAE
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Abstract
In an apparatus for assisting a driver of a vehicle in driving the vehicle, a road sign recognizer is configured to recognize a road sign from an image captured by a vehicle-mounted imager. A turn detector is configured to detect a turning action of the vehicle. A notifier is configured to notify the driver of the vehicle of road sign information representing the road sign recognized by the road sign recognizer. The notifier is further configured to, if the turning action of the vehicle is detected by the turn detector, withhold notifying the driver of the vehicle of the road sign information representing the road sign recognized by the road sign recognizer within a predetermined period of time during the turning action.
Claims9
An apparatus for assisting a driver of a vehicle in driving the vehicle, comprising:
- a road sign recognizer configured to recognize a road sign from an image captured by a vehicle-mounted imager;
- a turn detector configured to detect a turning action of the vehicle;
- a notifier configured to notify the driver of the vehicle of road sign information representing the road sign recognized by the road sign recognizer, the notifier being further configured to, if the turning action of the vehicle is detected by the turn detector, withhold notifying the driver of the vehicle of the road sign information representing the road sign recognized by the road sign recognizer within a predetermined period of time during the turning action.
A method for assisting a driver of a vehicle in driving the vehicle, comprising:
- recognizing a road sign from an image captured by a vehicle-mounted imager;
- detecting a turning action of the vehicle;
- notifying the driver of the vehicle of road sign information representing the road sign recognized, the notifying the driver of the vehicle of road sign information comprising withholding notifying the driver of the vehicle of the road sign information representing the road sign recognized within a predetermined period of time during the turning action, if the turning action of the vehicle is detected.
An apparatus for assisting a driver of a vehicle in driving the vehicle, comprising:
- a processor;
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium;
- and
- a set of computer-executable instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium that cause the processor to implement:
- obtaining a road sign signal representing a road sign recognized from an image captured by a vehicle-mounted imager;
- obtaining a turning signal representing a turning action of the vehicle;
- and
- outputting a notifying signal to a notifier for notifying the driver of the vehicle of road sign,
- wherein the processor withholds notifying the driver of the vehicle of the road sign during the turning action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.