US Patent Application 18202331. DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT UNIT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD simplified abstract
DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT UNIT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Jovin Jeevan Dsa of Wako-shi (JP)
Akira Kanehara of Wako-shi (JP)
DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT UNIT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18202331 titled 'DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT UNIT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a driving support device that can be attached to a vehicle and helps the driver by acquiring images of the vehicle's surroundings and determining the intensity of notifications to be given to the driver.
- The device is detachably attached to a vehicle via a detachable member.
- It acquires one or more images of the surrounding situation of the vehicle.
- It predicts if the vehicle is going to depart from its current lane based on the information from the images.
- It determines the intensity of the notification to be given to the driver based on the change of a target in the images.
- It causes a notifier to output a notification to the driver with the determined intensity.
Original Abstract Submitted
A driving support device is detachably attached to a vehicle via a detachable member and performs: acquiring one or more images obtained by imaging a surrounding situation of the vehicle; and determining a notification intensity of a notification for a driver of the vehicle on the basis of a change of a target in the one or more images when it is predicted on the basis of information acquired from the one or more images that the vehicle is to depart from a traveling lane in which the vehicle is traveling and causing a notifier to output a notification of the determined notification intensity.
