US 12,305,439 B2
Notification device, notification method, and non-transitory storage medium
Ryohei Sone, Anjo (JP); and Shinichi Hagihara, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/383,220.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-202619 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0200385 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. E05F 15/40 (2015.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05F 15/40 (2015.01) [B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/53 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/812 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A notification device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory,
the processor being configured to:
acquire a distance between a door provided at a vehicle and an obstacle facing the door,
acquire a seating position of a plurality of occupants of the vehicle,
receive a reference threshold value determined in advance by one occupant of the plurality of occupants, a set occupant that is determined in advance by the one occupant and that is another occupant to which the one occupant should warn, a condition determined in advance by the one occupant and related to the distance, and a method determined in advance by the one occupant, and
in a case in which the distance is equal to or less than the reference threshold value, and the condition is satisfied based on a distance between a door closest to the set occupant derived from the seating position of the set occupant and an obstacle facing the door closest to the set occupant, provide notification of the distance to the one occupant by the method.