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US 2022/0055531 A1Published application
Driving assistance system
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsushi SUGIMOTO, Naoki TATARA
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Abstract
A driving assistance system includes an illumination apparatus and a controller. The illumination apparatus is configured to draw an avoidance pattern PTN on a road surface such that it indicates a lane in which the driver's vehicle is to travel or a direction in which the driver's vehicle is to travel. Upon detecting, by a sensor or communication, an obstacle in front of the driver's vehicle, the controller instructs the illumination apparatus to draw the avoidance pattern PTN.
Claims7
A driving assistance system comprising:
- an illumination apparatus structured to draw a pattern which is visible to a driver on a road surface such that it indicates a lane in which the driver's vehicle is to travel or a direction in which the driver's vehicle is to travel in a manner in which the pattern;
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- a controller structured to instruct the illumination apparatus to draw the pattern upon detecting, by means of a sensor or communication, an obstacle in front of the driver's vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.