Vehicle information transmitting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9583002-B2
Application number	US-201114365381-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2011
Priority date	Dec 14, 2011
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

To provide a vehicle information transmitting device capable of transmitting information associated with danger at a periphery of the own vehicle in a manner intuitively understandable by the driver. In the present embodiment, when a dangerous direction is the left or the right, a display position of an own vehicle state display figure is changed from a display position in an initial state to a display position on the same side as the dangerous direction. If the dangerous direction is on the front, the display position of the own vehicle state display figure is changed from the display position in the initial state to a display position on an upper side. When a dangerous target is detected, a display area of the own vehicle state display figure is changed to a display area greater than the display area in the initial state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle information transmitting device comprising:
a reference mark display unit configured to display a reference mark which is a reference indicating a safe state;
a danger display unit configured to display presence or absence of danger to an own vehicle with a relative position of a figure with respect to the reference mark, and
an avoiding behavior detecting unit configured to detect presence or absence of an avoiding behavior corresponding to the danger, at the time the danger is present, wherein
the danger display unit displays a direction in which the danger is present with the relative position of the figure with respect to the reference mark, at the time danger is present,
the danger display unit displays the figure at a position of the reference mark, at the time danger is absent, and
the danger display unit displays presence of an avoiding behavior, at a time the avoiding behavior is present.

2. The vehicle information transmitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
at the time danger is present, the danger display unit changes a size of a display area of the figure greater than a size thereof at the time danger is absent.

3. The vehicle information transmitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the danger display unit emphasizes the display that the danger is present, at the time the avoiding behavior detecting unit detects that the avoiding behavior is absent.

4. The vehicle information transmitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the danger display unit differentiates the display that the avoiding behavior is present according to presence or absence of another danger different from the danger.

5. The vehicle information transmitting device according to claim 2 , wherein
the danger display unit emphasizes the display that the danger is present, at the time the avoiding behavior detecting unit detects that the avoiding behavior is absent.

Assignees

• Hatakeyama Yoshiyuki
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hatakeyama Yoshiyuki

Classifications

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/285

  for improving awareness by directing driver's gaze direction or eye points · CPC title

• B60K35/70

  Instrument provisions for avoiding injuries to vehicle occupants in case of accidents · CPC title

• B60K35/81

  for controlling displays · CPC title

• B60K35/29

  Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions · CPC title