US 11,951,903 B2
Driving assistance system
Atsushi Sugimoto, Shizuoka (JP); and Naoki Tatara, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,830.
Application 17/519,830 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/018428, filed on May 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-089004 (JP), filed on May 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055531 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/52 (2013.01) [G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving assistance system comprising:
an illumination apparatus structured to draw a pattern which is visible to a driver on a road surface when an obstacle exists in front of the driver's vehicle, wherein the pattern indicates a lane in which the driver's vehicle is to travel in order to avoid the obstacle or a direction in which the driver's vehicle is to travel in order to avoid the obstacle; and
a controller structured to instruct the illumination apparatus to draw the pattern upon detecting, by means of a sensor or communication, the obstacle in front of the driver's vehicle.