Visual Ability Improvement Supporting Device
First Claim
1. A visual ability improvement supporting device for a vehicle, comprising:
- a visual noise device for generating a visual noise and delivering the visual noise to a driver of the vehicle so that the visual noise has a subthreshold noise strength which is close to and smaller than a threshold strength, above the threshold strength a light can be recognized and below the threshold strength a light cannot be recognized;
a surrounding situation detector for detecting a situation surrounding the vehicle; and
a controller for controlling a characteristic of delivering of the visual noise based on the detected situation.
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Abstract
A visual ability improvement device installed in a vehicle includes a noise generator, a surrounding situation detector, a driver status detector, a vehicle status detector, an operation switch, and a noise output device. A controller of the noise generator determines an optimum strength based on the surrounding situation from the surrounding situation detector, the driver'"'"'s status from the driver status detector, the vehicle'"'"'s status from the vehicle status detector, and the correspondence of the optimum representative noise to the above situation and statuses from the correspondence memory. Then the controller generates a noise with the determined the optimum representative noise strength, and outputs to the noise output device such as passenger compartment light a control signal which depends on the generated noise.
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16 Claims
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1. A visual ability improvement supporting device for a vehicle, comprising:
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a visual noise device for generating a visual noise and delivering the visual noise to a driver of the vehicle so that the visual noise has a subthreshold noise strength which is close to and smaller than a threshold strength, above the threshold strength a light can be recognized and below the threshold strength a light cannot be recognized; a surrounding situation detector for detecting a situation surrounding the vehicle; and a controller for controlling a characteristic of delivering of the visual noise based on the detected situation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A visual ability improvement supporting device for a vehicle, comprising:
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a visual noise device for generating a visual noise and delivering the visual noise to a driver of the vehicle so that the visual noise has a subthreshold noise strength which is close to and smaller than a threshold strength, above the threshold strength a light can be recognized and below the threshold strength a light cannot be recognized; a driver status detector for detecting a status of the driver; and a controller for controlling a characteristic of delivering of the visual noise based on the detected status of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A visual ability improvement supporting device for a vehicle, comprising:
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a visual noise device for generating a visual noise and delivering the visual noise to a driver of the vehicle so that the visual noise has a subthreshold noise strength which is close to and smaller than a threshold strength, above the threshold strength a light can be recognized and below the threshold strength a light cannot be recognized; a vehicle status detector for detecting a status of the vehicle; and a controller for controlling a characteristic of delivering of the visual noise based on the detected status of the vehicle.
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