US 12,403,826 B2
Notification method, notification system, and vehicle
Arata Takada, Toyota (JP); and Tomohiro Miwa, Inazawa (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/383,661.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-187518 (JP), filed on Nov. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174172 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 21/06 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 9/00 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A notification method for giving a notification to a driver sitting in a driver's seat of a vehicle, the method comprising:
setting a target level of strength of the notification;
when the target level is a first level, giving a visual notification from a visual device of the vehicle without giving a sound notification from a speaker of the vehicle; and
when the target level is higher than the first level, giving a strong visual notification from the visual device, the strong visual notification being stronger than the visual notification that is given when the target level is the first level,
wherein when the target level is the first level: (i) the sound notification is not given from the speaker, and (ii) a first visual notification is given from a first visual device, wherein the visual device comprises the first visual device;
when the target level is a second level: (i) the sound notification is not given from the speaker, and (ii) a second visual notification is given from a second visual device, wherein the visual device comprises the second visual device, and the second level being higher than the first level; and
a first angle between a direction from the driver's seat toward the first visual device and a forward direction is greater than a second angle between a direction from the driver's seat toward the second visual device and the forward direction.