# US 2023/0406337 A1 · Vehicle notification device, vehicle notification system, and vehicle notification method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0406337 A1 - Document ID: US20230406337A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/300,392 - Filed: 2023-04-14 - Published: 2023-12-21 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-15 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yasuyuki KAMEZAKI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230406337A1 ## CPC - B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention - B60W 40/08: related to drivers or passengers - B60W 40/09: Driving style or behaviour - B60W 50/045: {Monitoring control system parameters} - B60W 2050/146: {Display means} - B60W 2540/01: Occupants other than the driver - B60W 2540/10: Accelerator pedal position - B60W 2540/12: Brake pedal position - B60W 2540/18: Steering angle - B60W 2556/45: External transmission of data to or from the vehicle - B60W 2720/28: Wheel speed - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT ## Abstract A vehicle notification device includes: a mode setting unit that sets a mode of a vehicle to either a first mode and a second mode based on mode setting information; an acquisition unit that acquires a driving diagnosis result; a classification unit that classifies the driving diagnosis result into a first diagnosis result or a second diagnosis result based on content of the driving diagnosis result; and a notification device that notifies a target occupant of the vehicle of information representing the driving diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the first mode, notifying the target occupant of information representing the first diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the first diagnosis result is acquired, and notifying the target occupant of specific information instead of information representing the second diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the second diagnosis result is acquired. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle notification device comprising: a mode setting unit provided in a vehicle for setting a mode of the vehicle to one of a first mode and a second mode based on predetermined mode setting information; an acquisition unit provided in the vehicle for acquiring a driving diagnosis result of the vehicle; a classification unit that classifies the driving diagnosis result into a first diagnosis result or a second diagnosis result based on content of the driving diagnosis result; and a notification device provided in the vehicle for notifying, when the vehicle is in the first mode, a target occupant of the vehicle of information representing the driving diagnosis result acquired by the acquisition unit, notifying the target occupant of information representing the first diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the acquisition unit acquires the first diagnosis result, and notifying the target occupant of specific information instead of information representing the second diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the acquisition unit acquires the second diagnosis result. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle notification device according to claim 1, wherein when the specific information is notified by the notification device and a predetermined notification permission condition is satisfied, the notification device notifies the target occupant of the information representing the second diagnosis result. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle notification device according to claim 2, wherein the notification permission condition is satisfied when an input device provided in the vehicle is operated. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle notification device according to claim 1, further comprising an occupant determination unit provided in the vehicle for determining whether there is a non-target occupant who is an occupant other than the target occupant in the vehicle based on information from a sensor provided in the vehicle, wherein the mode setting information defines that the vehicle is set to the second mode when the occupant determination unit determines that the non-target occupant is present. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle notification device according to claim 4, wherein the mode setting information defines that the vehicle is set to the first mode when the occupant determination unit determines that the non-target occupant is not present. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle notification device according to claim 1, wherein the mode setting information defines that the vehicle is set to one of the first mode and the second mode when a mode changeover switch provided in the vehicle is operated. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A vehicle notification system comprising: the vehicle according to claim 1; and a wireless communication device that generates the mode setting information and that is able to wirelessly transmit the generated mode setting information to the vehicle. ### Claim 8 A vehicle notification method comprising: a step of setting a mode of a vehicle to one of a first mode and a second mode based on predetermined mode setting information; a step of acquiring a driving diagnosis result of the vehicle; a step of classifying the driving diagnosis result into a first diagnosis result or a second diagnosis result based on content of the driving diagnosis result; and a step of notifying a target occupant of the vehicle of information representing the driving diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the first mode, notifying the target occupant of information representing the first diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the first diagnosis result is acquired, and notifying the target occupant of specific information instead of information representing the second diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the second diagnosis result is acquired.