SAFE-DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM

Organization Name

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Yoshihiro Oe of Nagoya-shi (JP)

Wataru Minoura of Nagoya-shi (JP)

Masatoshi Hayashi of Nisshin-shi (JP)

Yutaro Imamura of Nagoya-shi (JP)

Fumihiro Nasu of Nagoya-shi (JP)

Yuki Tatsumoto of Seto-shi (JP)

Takehiko Hasimoto of Tokyo (JP)

SAFE-DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18677113 titled 'SAFE-DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM

Original Abstract Submitted

A safe-driving assist system is equipped in a vehicle including a drive recorder. The safe-driving assist system includes a control device and an informing device. The control device executes acquiring an image captured by the drive recorder, detecting a peripheral vehicle shown in the acquired image, determining whether a driver sign is displayed on the detected peripheral vehicle, and outputting a warning signal when the peripheral vehicle on which the driver sign is displayed has been detected. The informing device informs a driver about existence of the peripheral vehicle on which the driver sign is displayed, when the warning signal output by the control device has been received.