US 12,269,499 B2
Vehicle notification device, vehicle notification system, and vehicle notification method
Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/300,392.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-096648 (JP), filed on Jun. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406337 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/045 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle notification device comprising:
a mode setting unit provided in a vehicle for setting a mode of the vehicle to one of a first mode and a second mode based on predetermined mode setting information;
an acquisition unit provided in the vehicle for acquiring a driving diagnosis result of the vehicle;
a classification unit that classifies the driving diagnosis result into a first diagnosis result or a second diagnosis result based on content of the driving diagnosis result;
a notification device provided in the vehicle for notifying, when the vehicle is in the first mode, a target occupant of the vehicle of information representing the driving diagnosis result acquired by the acquisition unit, notifying the target occupant of information representing the first diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the acquisition unit acquires the first diagnosis result, and notifying the target occupant of specific information instead of information representing the second diagnosis result when the vehicle is in the second mode and the acquisition unit acquires the second diagnosis result; and
an occupant determination unit provided in the vehicle for determining whether there is a non-target occupant who is an occupant other than the target occupant in the vehicle based on information from a sensor provided in the vehicle, wherein the mode setting information defines that the vehicle is set to the second mode when the occupant determination unit determines that the non-target occupant is present.