US 12,391,174 B2
Vehicle notification control device and vehicle notification control method
Shota Nojiri, Kariya (JP); Shiori Maneyama, Kariya (JP); Kazuki Izumi, Kariya (JP); and Takuya Kume, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/489,413.
Application 18/489,413 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/018613, filed on Apr. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-075155 (JP), filed on Apr. 27, 2021; and application No. 2022-067146 (JP), filed on Apr. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0042928 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01)
CPC B60Q 1/543 (2022.05) [B60Q 1/507 (2022.05); B60W 30/18154 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0059 (2020.02); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60W 2040/0818 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle notification control device for a vehicle capable of: performing automated driving at a plurality of automation levels; and switching the plurality of automation levels each indicating a degree of the automated driving, the vehicle notification control device comprising:
a state identification unit configured to identify an automated driving-related state that is a state of the vehicle, the state being related to the automated driving; and
a vehicle exterior notification controller configured to control a vehicle exterior notification device that performs vehicle exterior notification that is notification of information related to the automated driving toward an outside of the vehicle,
wherein
the vehicle exterior notification controller changes an execution timing of the vehicle exterior notification according to the automated driving-related state identified by the state identification unit,
the state identification unit is configured to identify, as the automated driving-related state, at least a factor causing a decrease in the automation level, and
the vehicle notification control device changes the execution timing of the vehicle exterior notification according to the factor causing the decrease using the automated driving-related state identified by the state identification unit, when the automation level decreases.