US 12,304,518 B2
Vehicle
Ryota Nakamura, Tokyo (JP); Tsukasa Mikuni, Tokyo (JP); Takuya Homma, Tokyo (JP); Junichi Motoyama, Tokyo (JP); Kazuhiro Hayakawa, Tokyo (JP); Yuta Goto, Tokyo (JP); and Takuya Kaneta, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/466,203.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-154266 (JP), filed on Sep. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0101140 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0083 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
an information receiver configured to communicate with a mobile terminal of an occupant of the vehicle, and acquire information on the occupant from the mobile terminal;
a fatigue state detector configured to detect, based on the information from the mobile terminal, a fatigue degree of the occupant of the vehicle;
an information provider configured to provide various pieces of information related to traveling of the vehicle to the occupant;
a processor configured to change a frequency of providing the various pieces of the information by the information provider, depending on the fatigue degree of the occupant; and
a detector configured to detect a matter of interest to the occupant based on the information from the mobile terminal,
wherein the processor is configured to, when the fatigue degree of the occupant is equal to or greater than a threshold, select information related to the matter of interest to the occupant detected by the detector, and change the frequency of providing information other than the selected information.