US 12,409,848 B2
Vehicle information notification device
Shunichi Nakabayashi, Tokyo (JP); Masato Nakata, Tokyo (JP); Akihiko Tomoda, Tokyo (JP); and Ko Hosokawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/036,906
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/038476
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/107529, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-192290 (JP), filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0415765 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B62J 50/22 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/16 (2013.01) [B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B62J 50/22 (2020.02); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle information notification device comprising: a pair of left and right grips which are formed on a steering handle; and a vibration device which is an actuator disposed on at least one of the pair of left and right grips to notify a driver by giving predetermined vibration information,
wherein a plurality of vibration devices are provided on one of the left and right grips,
wherein an operation intervention function is provided to intervene in an operation performed by the driver based on an object information detected by a camera or a radar,
wherein the operation intervention function includes at least one of a steering intervention function that assists the steering handle by applying an assist torque and a breaking intervention function that assist a breaking of vehicle wheel by generating an assist braking force,
wherein the vibration device is vibrated while being interlocked with the operation intervention function,
wherein the vibration device is vibrated in a vibration mode different from that when the operation intervention function is operated in a standby state in which a system of the operation intervention function is activated and the operation intervention function is not operated yet, and
wherein the vibration device is vibrated intermittently at a predetermined first time interval in the standby state and is vibrated intermittently at a second time interval shorter than the first time interval or is vibrated continuously without any time interval when the operation intervention function is operated.