US 12,263,781 B2
Vehicle
Hayato Mizuma, Tokyo (JP); Makoto Matsushita, Ichinomiya (JP); Yuko Mizuno, Nagoya (JP); Kohei Miwa, Shizuoka-ken (JP); and Naoki Yamada, Kasugai (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/648,809.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-100714 (JP), filed on Jun. 20, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0424980 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60S 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/2684 (2013.01) [B60S 1/0491 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a light-emitting part installed on a windshield wiper, the light emitting part including at least one a visible light source or a non-visible light source;
a camera configured to capture an image of surroundings of the vehicle;
one or more processors configured to
display a first pattern by causing the light-emitting part to blink in conjunction with operation of the windshield wiper; and
use the image captured by the camera to acquire a second pattern displayed by a blinking of a light-emitting part of a separate vehicle, wherein
the one or more processors are further configured to create the first pattern to be a copy of the second pattern.