US 12,333,945 B2
Traffic safety support system
Hideo Kadowaki, Saitama (JP); Akihito Kimata, Saitama (JP); Shigeru Inoue, Saitama (JP); Yuji Takagi, Saitama (JP); Yoshitaka Mimura, Saitama (JP); Masaki Okumoto, Saitama (JP); and Takahiro Kurehashi, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,134.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-061053 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0351895 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/08 (2012.01); B60W 30/085 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/166 (2013.01) [B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/085 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/012 (2013.01); G08G 1/0141 (2013.01); G08G 1/017 (2013.01); G08G 1/164 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traffic safety support system for assisting a driver in driving a support target being a first mobile body, the traffic safety support system comprising:
a recognizer configured to recognize a traffic participant and a traffic environment in a monitoring area surrounding the support target;
a human-machine interface configured to be operated in a manner perceptible to the driver;
a notification mode specifier configured to set a notification mode of the human-machine interface based on a recognition result from the recognizer during a period in which presence of a second mobile body outside a first range is recognized by the recognizer, the first range being inside the monitoring area and centered around the support target; and
a notification controller configured to operate the human-machine interface in a first notification manner in a case where the notification mode is set to a first mode intended to make the driver recognize the presence of a potential risk, and operate the human-machine interface in a second notification manner a notification intensity of which is higher than that of the first notification manner in a case where the notification mode is set to a second mode intended to make the driver recognize the presence of a risk that has surfaced and/or a degree of the risk,
wherein the notification mode specifier sets the notification mode to the first mode in a case where the second mobile body is present outside a second range encompassing the first range and acts as an oncoming mobile body approaching the support target from front in a traveling direction of the support target and where at least one of the first mobile body or the second mobile body is approaching a traffic light located on a travel route of the first mobile body and the second mobile body, and
the notification mode specifier sets the notification mode to the second mode in a case where the second mobile body is present within the second range.