US 12,283,171 B2
Notification controller and notification control method
Tadashi Miyahara, Tokyo (JP); Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo (JP); Keisaku Fukuda, Tokyo (JP); and Kuniyo Ieda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/271,161
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/014603
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/215158, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0054877 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 21/02 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G08B 21/22 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/0208 (2013.01) [B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0016 (2020.02); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G08B 21/22 (2013.01); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02); B60W 2540/26 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A notification controller comprising:
a processor to execute a program; and
a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, performs processes of,
if at least one passenger of two or more passengers in a target vehicle gets out of the vehicle to become an off-board passenger, judging whether there is a different passenger staying in the target vehicle;
judging whether a hazardous situation is occurring around the target vehicle if there is an on-board passenger who is the different passenger staying in the target vehicle; and
in response to a judging that the hazardous situation is occurring, determining whether to make a radio communication with a communication terminal of the off board passenger based on judgement related to the different passenger, the judgement being based on at least one of an operational input received from the different passenger, and a level of recognition of the hazardous situation by the on-board passenger on the basis of at least any of a consciousness level and a direction of a line of sight of the on-board passenger, and a behavior by the on-board passenger; and
making the radio communication with the communication terminal of the off-board passenger to make outward notification that is notification indicating the occurrence of the hazardous situation to the off-board passenger based on the determining whether to make the radio communication.