US 11,837,091 B2
Safe driving assist apparatus for vehicle
Mitsuharu Kato, Kasugai (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/487,152.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-171813 (JP), filed on Oct. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0114890 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01)
CPC G08G 1/096791 (2013.01) [G06V 20/582 (2022.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safe driving assist apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
a camera, which is mounted to an own vehicle, and is configured to acquire an image obtained by taking a forward view of the own vehicle;
a wireless communication apparatus, which is mounted to the own vehicle, and is configured to transmit and receive information through vehicle-to-vehicle communication;
a notification apparatus, which is mounted to the own vehicle, and is configured to generate a warning to an occupant of the own vehicle; and
a control unit, which is mounted to the own vehicle, and is connected to the camera, the wireless communication apparatus, and the notification apparatus,
wherein the control unit is configured to:
detect, based on the image, a specific object which is defined in advance and is positioned forward of the own vehicle, and acquire specific object information being information on the specific object;
transmit, through the wireless communication apparatus, predetermined communication information including the acquired specific object information to another vehicle in a vicinity of the own vehicle, and receive the predetermined communication information transmitted from the wireless communication apparatus of the safe driving assist apparatus for a vehicle mounted to the another vehicle in the vicinity of the own vehicle;
determine whether a specific condition is satisfied based on the specific object information acquired based on the image and on the specific object information included in the received predetermined communication information, the specific condition being defined in advance to be satisfied when another vehicle requiring attention of the occupant of the own vehicle exists; and
generate the warning from the notification apparatus when the control unit determines that the specific condition is satisfied.