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Vehicle driving assistance device

  • US 10,093,246 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2016
  • Issued: 10/09/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle driving assistance device, comprising:

  • a vehicle state detection unit that includes at least one of a camera, a radar, a sonar, a vehicle speed sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a GPS receiver;

    a display unit configured to display a front pattern that is a pattern shaped like a vehicle front of a vehicle positioned within a forward view of the vehicle, and to superimpose the front pattern on a forward image that is an image of the forward view of the vehicle; and

    a controller in electrical communication with each of the vehicle state detection unit and the display unit, and configured to execute a process of controlling the display unit and causing the display unit to display driving assistance information for the vehicle, using the front pattern, based on data received from the vehicle state detection unit, whereinthe front pattern serves as a mark of a virtual position of the vehicle on the forward image,the front pattern includes a front-to-rear direction pattern in the forward image along a virtual vehicle front-to-rear direction, and a left-to-right direction pattern that is in the forward image along a virtual vehicle left-to-right direction intersecting with the virtual vehicle front-to-rear direction and that forms a corner by intersecting with the front-to-rear direction pattern,the controller is configured to execute the process of controlling the display unit and causing the display unit to display driving assistance information for the vehicle by determining one of an alarm condition and a normal condition based on data received from the vehicle state detection unit,the controller displays a normal display on the display unit by displaying the front pattern in a first display mode in which the front pattern as one of a first pattern image that blends with the forward image and a second pattern image that has a first color indicative of the normal condition when the controller determines the normal condition, andthe controller displays an alarm display calling attention on the display unit by displaying the front pattern in a second display mode in which the front pattern contrasts with the forward image and is different from the front pattern displayed in the first display mode such that the front pattern is viewed as the driving assistance information when the controller determines the alarm condition.

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