Notification method, notification system, and vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsArata TAKADA, Tomohiro MIWA
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Abstract
A notification method for giving a notification to a driver sitting in a driver's seat of a vehicle includes: setting a target level of strength of the notification; when the target level is a first level, giving a visual notification from a visual device of the vehicle without giving a sound notification from a speaker of the vehicle; and when the target level is higher than the first level, giving a strong visual notification from the visual device or the sound notification from the speaker. The strong visual notification is stronger than the visual notification that is given when the target level is the first level.
Claims10
A notification method for giving a notification to a driver sitting in a driver's seat of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- setting a target level of strength of the notification;
- when the target level is a first level giving a visual notification from a visual device of the vehicle without giving a sound notification from a speaker of the vehicle;
- and
- when the target level is higher than the first level, giving a strong visual notification from the visual device or the sound notification from the speaker, the strong visual notification being stronger than the visual notification that is given when the target level is the first level.
A notification system that gives a notification to a driver sitting in a driver's seat of a vehicle, the notification system comprising one or more processors, wherein:
- the one or more processors are configured to set a target level of strength of the notification;
- the one or more processors are configured to, when the target level is a first level, give a visual notification from a visual device of the vehicle without giving a sound notification from a speaker of the vehicle;
- and
- the one or more processors are configured to, when the target level is higher than the first level, give a strong visual notification from the visual device or the sound notification from the speaker, the strong visual notification being stronger than the visual notification that is given when the target level is the first level.
A vehicle comprising:
- a visual device;
- a speaker;
- and
- a control device that is configured to control a notification to a driver sitting in a driver's seat, wherein
- the control device is configured to set a target level of strength of the notification,
- the control device is configured to, when the target level is a first level, give a visual notification from the visual device without giving a sound notification from the speaker, and
- the control device is configured to, when the target level is higher than the first level, give a strong visual notification from the visual device or the sound notification from the speaker, the strong visual notification being stronger than the visual notification when that is given the target level is the first level.
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