Information providing apparatus for vehicle
First Claim
1. An information providing apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a memory comprising a traffic information database in which traffic information data is recorded; and
a processor configured to;
detect, based on the stored traffic information data, an impediment event that potentially impedes running of the vehicle;
extract the impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle;
accumulate, in the memory, a total number of extracted impediment events for the same impediment event;
calculate a certainty level of the impediment event that corresponds to a probability of occurrence based at least in part on the accumulated total number of extracted impediment events that correspond to the same impediment event;
when the certainty level of the same impediment event is greater than or equal to a straightforward threshold notification, provide a driver with a first type of notification that is a straightforward notification regarding the same impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle;
the straightforward notification representing presence and contents of the impediment event in a straightforward manner; and
when the certainty level of the same impediment event is not greater than or equal to the straightforward notification threshold, provide the driver with a second type of notification that is different from the first type of notification, the second type of notification being an euphemistic notification regarding the same impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle, the euphemistic notification being based on an euphemistic representation reminiscent of the impediment event.
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Abstract
An information providing apparatus includes a traffic information database and a data processing device. The data processing device detects, based on the traffic information data, an impediment event. The data processing device extracts the impediment event potentially encountered by an assisted vehicle. The data processing device calculates, based on the traffic information data, a certainty level of the impediment event. The data processing device provides a driver of the assisted vehicle with a straightforward notification regarding the impediment event potentially encountered by the assisted vehicle and having the certainty level equal to or higher than a straightforward notification threshold. The data processing device provides the driver with an euphemistic notification, which is different from the straightforward notification, regarding the impediment event potentially encountered by the assisted vehicle and having the certainty level less than the straightforward notification threshold.
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15 Claims
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1. An information providing apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
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a memory comprising a traffic information database in which traffic information data is recorded; and a processor configured to; detect, based on the stored traffic information data, an impediment event that potentially impedes running of the vehicle; extract the impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle; accumulate, in the memory, a total number of extracted impediment events for the same impediment event; calculate a certainty level of the impediment event that corresponds to a probability of occurrence based at least in part on the accumulated total number of extracted impediment events that correspond to the same impediment event; when the certainty level of the same impediment event is greater than or equal to a straightforward threshold notification, provide a driver with a first type of notification that is a straightforward notification regarding the same impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle;
the straightforward notification representing presence and contents of the impediment event in a straightforward manner; andwhen the certainty level of the same impediment event is not greater than or equal to the straightforward notification threshold, provide the driver with a second type of notification that is different from the first type of notification, the second type of notification being an euphemistic notification regarding the same impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle, the euphemistic notification being based on an euphemistic representation reminiscent of the impediment event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An information providing apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
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a memory including a traffic information database in which traffic information data is recorded; and a processor configured to; detect, based on the traffic information data, an impediment event that impedes vehicle running; extract the impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle; a certainty level calculation process that calculates, based on the traffic information data, a certainty level of the impediment event; a straightforward notification process that provides a driver with a straightforward notification regarding the impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle and having the certainty level equal to or higher than a straightforward notification threshold; and an euphemistic notification process that provides the driver with an euphemistic notification, which is different from the straightforward notification, the euphemistic notification regarding the impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle and having the certainty level less than the straightforward notification threshold, wherein the euphemistic notification includes a phrase being words of wisdom or lines by a real or imaginary person or character from a desired theme selected from the driver from a plurality of themes, the selected desired theme is associated with one or more impediment events, and the euphemistic notification is reminiscent of the impediment event to be notified. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A method comprising:
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detecting, based on recorded traffic information data, an impediment event that potentially impedes running of a vehicle; extracting the impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle; accumulating , in a memory, a total number of extracted impediment events for the same impediment event; calculating, a certainty level of the impediment event that corresponds to a probability of occurrence based at least in part on the accumulated total number of extracted impediment events that correspond to the same impediment event; when the certainty level of the same impediment event is greater than or equal to a straightforward threshold notification, providing a driver with a first type of notification that is a straightforward notification regarding the same impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle, the straightforward notification representing presence and contents of the impediment event in a straightforward manner; and when the certainty level of the same impediment event is not greater than or equal to the straightforward notification threshold, providing the driver with a second type of notification that is different from the first type of notification, the second type of notification being an euphemistic notification regarding the same impediment event potentially encountered by the vehicle, the euphemistic notification being based on an euphemistic representation reminiscent of the impediment event.
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