Notification device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTaiki IIDA
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Abstract
The notification device includes an abnormality recognition unit that recognizes an abnormality existing on a road shoulder of an oncoming lane or an oncoming lane based on a detection result of an external sensor provided in the vehicle, an external notification unit that is provided in the vehicle and outputs at least one of sound and light toward the outside of the vehicle, and a notification control unit that performs notification by the external notification unit to an oncoming vehicle traveling on the oncoming lane so as to approach the vehicle in front of the vehicle. The notification control unit determines a notification time according to at least one of an estimated vehicle speed of the oncoming vehicle and a risk degree set in advance according to the type of abnormality.
Claims3
A notification device comprising:
- an abnormality recognition unit that recognizes an abnormality that exists in an oncoming lane or on a road shoulder of the oncoming lane, based on a detection result of an external sensor provided in a vehicle;
- an external notification unit that is provided in the vehicle and that outputs at least one of sound and light toward an outside of the vehicle;
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- a notification control unit that performs notification by the external notification unit to an oncoming vehicle traveling in front of the vehicle in the oncoming lane so as to approach the vehicle, wherein the notification control unit determines a time of the notification in accordance with at least one of an estimated vehicle speed of the oncoming vehicle and a degree of risk set in advance depending on a category of the abnormality.
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