US 12,227,199 B2
Driver assist system
Yuki Nakagawa, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,198.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-062642 (JP), filed on Apr. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311920 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driver assist system that collects information about an obstacle located ahead of a vehicle, and that provides the information about the obstacle to a driver of the vehicle, comprising:
a controller that controls a notification to the driver,
wherein the controller comprises:
a position detector that detects a position of the vehicle;
an obstacle detector that detects a position of the obstacle;
a distance detector that determines that the vehicle overtakes the obstacle based on the position of the vehicle detected by the position detector and the position of the obstacle detected by the obstacle detector; and
an information provider that executes a first notification of existence of the obstacle until the distance detector determines that the vehicle overtakes the obstacle, and a second notification of the existence of the obstacle within an extra distance or for an extra period of time.