US 12,109,937 B2
Vehicular drawing device
Fumihiko Mouri, Owariasahi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/978,211.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-188592 (JP), filed on Nov. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158947 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/34 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular drawing device that is mounted in a vehicle and draws an indication mark of a predetermined shape on a road surface in a traveling direction of the vehicle using light, wherein:
drawing of the indication mark on the road surface is performed when a direction indicator is operating or when steering of the vehicle is being performed; and
drawing of the indication mark is stopped when predetermined conditions are satisfied, wherein
drawing of the indication mark indicating that the vehicle is traveling to an oncoming lane is stopped when there is an oncoming vehicle,
drawing of the indication mark is not stopped when the vehicle is located within a crossing, and
drawing of the indication mark outward of a lane which is a lane change destination is stopped when a lane in which the vehicle is traveling is changed.