System for detecting surrounding conditions of moving body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9802532-B2
Application number	US-201715489174-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2017
Priority date	Apr 7, 2011
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

This system for detecting the surrounding: conditions of a moving body forcibly changes the state of at least one of a plurality of lighting devices (change from an unlit stats to a lighting state or a blinking state, change in the emission color, or change in the luminance) installed inside the moving body if an object to which attention must be paid during traveling of the moving body is detected in the surroundings of the moving body.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A system for detecting surrounding conditions of a moving body comprising:
a plurality of illumination devices disposed on the moving body, each of said plurality of illumination devices having a switch for switching between a lighting state and an unlit state;
a detector for detecting an object, to which attention must be paid around the moving body; and
a controller for changing a state of at least one of said plurality of illumination devices upon detecting said object, wherein said controller forcibly causes an illumination device among said plurality of illumination devices, which is disposed at a position corresponding to a direction of said object, to light or blink.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein, when said object is present at a right side of the moving body, the controller forcibly causes the illumination device on the right side among said plurality of illumination devices to light or blink; and, when said object is present at a left-side of the moving body, the controller forcibly causes the illumination device on the left side among said plurality of illumination devices to light or blink.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller increases luminance of said illumination device that is forcibly caused to light or blink as a distance between the object and the moving body decreases.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller changes a lighting color of said illumination device that is forcibly caused to light or blink as a relative speed between the moving body and the object increases.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller increases a blinking speed of said illumination device that is forcibly caused to light or blink as the distance between the object and the moving body decreases.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of illumination devices is disposed in a cabin of the moving body.

7. The system according to claim 2 , wherein said plurality of illumination devices is disposed in a cabin of the moving body.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of illumination devices are disposed so that light emitting faces of said illumination devices are directed into an inside of a cabin of the moving body.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of illumination devices are disposed so that light emitting faces of said illumination devices are directed to a driver's seat.

Assignees

• Pioneer Corp

Inventors

• Kato Masahiro

Classifications

• B60Q1/02

  the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments · CPC title

• B60Q3/283

  Steering wheels; Gear levers · CPC title

• B60Q3/745

  using lighting panels or mats, e.g. electro-luminescent panels, LED mats · CPC title

• B60Q3/82

  Switches specially adapted for vehicle interior lighting, e.g. switching by tilting the lens · CPC title

• B60Q1/46 Primary

  for giving flashing caution signals during drive, other than signalling change of direction, e.g. flashing the headlights {or hazard lights} · CPC title