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Vehicle surrounding information informing device

  • US 20070279250A1
  • Filed: 05/24/2007
  • Published: 12/06/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle surrounding information informing device, which informs a vehicle passenger of a surrounding obstacle information, comprising:

  • an own-vehicle traveling information detecting device to detect own-vehicle traveling information including a location, a moving speed and a moving direction of an own vehicle;

    an information communication device to receive another-vehicle obstacle information including a location, a moving speed and a moving direction of an obstacle that exists around the own vehicle, the another-vehicle obstacle information being detected by another vehicle;

    an existing-area calculating device to calculate an existing area where a dead-ground obstacle that approaches the own vehicle is likely to exist, based on the own-vehicle traveling information detected by said own-vehicle traveling information detecting device and information with respect to the dead-ground obstacle of the another-vehicle obstacle information, the dead-ground obstacle being the obstacle that is located within a dead ground of the own vehicle; and

    an informing device to inform the existing area of the dead-ground obstacle calculated by said existing-area calculating device.

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