US 11,810,452 B2
Notifying device and notifying system
Satoshi Fukumoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/212,572.
Application 17/212,572 is a continuation of application No. 16/348,959, granted, now 10,988,078, previously published as PCT/JP2017/040731, filed on Nov. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-225351 (JP), filed on Nov. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0206314 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/28 (2006.01); G08G 1/005 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/005 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/507 (2022.05); B60Q 1/547 (2022.05); B60R 21/34 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A notifying method comprising:
detecting an object existing in a periphery of a vehicle;
determining a type of the object; and
emitting a visible light to irradiate at least a part of the periphery of the vehicle with an irradiation pattern,
wherein the irradiation pattern includes an icon pattern indicating the type of the object, and
the irradiation pattern further includes a pattern having a band-shaped area, and the icon pattern indicating the type of the object is irradiated inside the band-shaped area.