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Traveling safety device for vehicle

  • US 20080024266A1
  • Filed: 07/19/2007
  • Published: 01/31/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A traveling safety device for a vehicle comprising:

  • a storage device that stores a road data;

    a present vehicle position detecting device that detects a position of a present vehicle;

    a vehicle state detecting device that detects a vehicle state of the present vehicle;

    a curve recognizing device that recognizes a shape of a curve that exists in a traveling direction of the present vehicle based on the road data stored by the storage device;

    a proper vehicle state setting device that sets, based on the shape of a recognized curve that is a curve recognized by the curve recognizing device, a proper vehicle state where the vehicle is able to properly pass through the recognized curve;

    a comparing device that compares the vehicle state detected by the vehicle state detecting device with the proper vehicle state set by the proper vehicle state setting device;

    an operating device that operates a safety device provided in the present vehicle if the vehicle state of the present vehicle is not the proper vehicle state based on a comparison result by the comparing device;

    an improper operation determining device that determines whether or not the operation of the operating device for the recognized curve is improper operation;

    an improper operation curve storage device that stores the recognized curve for which the operation of the operation device is determined to be improper operation by the improper operation determining device; and

    a suppressing device that suppresses the operation of the operating device for the recognized curve stored by the improper operation curve storage device.

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