US 12,080,164 B2
Systems and methods for assisting a vehicle driver at a roundabout
Manuel Ludwig Kuehner, Mountain View, CA (US); and Hiroshi Yasuda, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Woven by Toyota, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Woven by Toyota, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/974,964.
Prior Publication US 2024/0144819 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/08 (2012.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/0967 (2013.01) [G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for assisting a vehicle driver at a roundabout, the system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
determine that a vehicle is approaching and is within a predetermined distance from the roundabout; and
play, in a passenger compartment of the vehicle in response to determining that the vehicle is approaching and is within the predetermined distance from the roundabout, an audio prompt such that the audio prompt is panned from a first speaker on a first side of the vehicle to a second speaker on a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side of the vehicle to indicate, to a driver of the vehicle, a correct direction in which to traverse the roundabout to assist the driver with regard to the roundabout being one of a right-hand-traffic (RHT) roundabout and a left-hand-traffic (LHT) roundabout.