Material accumulation detection device and method thereof
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsMitsuharu HIGASHITANI, Noriaki IKEMOTO
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Abstract
In an ECU mounted on an own vehicle having a display device or a speaker device, a first acquisition part acquires external environment information outside of the own vehicle. A detection part detects whether the own vehicle has entered a first state based on the acquired external environment information, the first state represents accumulation of snowfall which prevents the own vehicle from performing smooth driving. An information control part instructs the display unit or the speaker device to provide information that the own vehicle has entered the first state to a user of the own vehicle.
Claims15
A material accumulation detection device, to be mounted on an own vehicle equipped with an information device, detecting accumulation of materials derived from external environment outside of the own vehicle, comprising a computer system including a central processing unit,
- the computer system being configured to provide:
- a first acquisition part acquiring external environment information outside of the own vehicle;
- a detection part detecting whether the own vehicle has entered a first state on the basis of the acquired external environment information, the first state representing an accumulation of material which prevents the own vehicle from performing smooth driving, and the material being derived from an external environment of the own vehicle;
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- an information control part instructing the information device to provide information that the own vehicle has entered the first state.
A detection method detecting accumulation of materials derived from external environment outside of an own vehicle equipped with an information device, comprising steps of:
- acquiring external environment information outside of the own vehicle;
- detecting whether the own vehicle has entered a first state on the basis of the acquired external environment information, the first state representing an accumulation of material which prevents the own vehicle from performing smooth driving, and the material being derived from an external environment of the own vehicle;
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- instructing the information device to provide information that the own vehicle has entered the first state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.