US 12,466,316 B2
Notification control device and notification control method
Kenichiroh Hara, Yokohama (JP); Jiro Fujino, Toyota (JP); Satoru Kawakami, Tokyo-to (JP); Hiroshi Morimoto, Tokyo-to (JP); and Kenta Yamada, Tokyo-to (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/643,752.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-077399 (JP), filed on May 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0375583 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 21/06 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 9/00 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A notification control device configured to notify a driver, wherein
the notification control device is configured to:
detect objects requiring attention present in surroundings of a vehicle based on surrounding data showing a situation in surroundings of the vehicle;
set a field of vision of the driver based on driver data showing a condition of the driver;
when the number of the objects is less than or equal to a predetermined number, respectively set virtual planes on which the objects are projected at positions of the objects so as to face the vehicle and notify the driver to inform him or her of the presence of an object requiring attention if the field of vision of the driver does not overlap a projected location of the object on the virtual plane during a predetermined period from when detecting that object for greater than or equal to a predetermined recognition judgment time; and,
when the number of the objects is larger than the predetermined number, not notify the driver in that way.