VEHICLE-USE INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE

• US 20150217825A1
• Filed: 01/17/2012
• Published: 08/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nippon Seiki Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nippon Seiki Company Limited
• Inventors: TAMURA, Shigeaki
• Application Number:
  US14/378,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20150217825A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/4151 for sensing lateral inclination of the cycle
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 50/22 electronic, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 50/25 intended to provide information to other road users, e.g. signs or flags
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/01 Electric circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle-use information providing device which has an improved human-machine interface and, by having a configuration for carrying out provision of information taking into account the level of available attention of a user while driving, is capable of providing suitable amounts of information when various types of information from an external device are to be provided to the user of the vehicle via a vehicle mounted device. The vehicle-use information providing device is provided with: a vehicle mounted device comprising a first notification means for notifying a user of various states of the vehicle, and a first control means for activating the first notification means; and an external device that is connected to the vehicle mounted device via a connection means and comprises a second control means for outputting information from outside the vehicle to the first control means. The first control means has a function which determines whether the user is to be notified of information from outside the vehicle according to the level of available attention of the user while driving, and upon determining that the level of available attention of the user while driving is low, activates the first notification means only after the level of available attention of the user while driving becomes high.

Claims

1. A vehicle-use information providing device comprising:

a vehicle mounted device which is provided with a first notification means for notifying a user of various information about a vehicle, and a first control means for activating the first notification means; and

an external device which is connected to the vehicle mounted device via a connection means, and is provided with a second control means for outputting information from outside a vehicle,

wherein the first control means has a function which determines whether or not to notify a user of the information from outside a vehicle in accordance with a level of available attention of the user while driving, and when determining that the level of available attention while driving is low, activates the first notification means after the level of available attention while driving is increased.

5. The vehicle-use information providing device according to claim 1 wherein even when determining that the level of the available attention while driving is low, the first control means activates the first notification means so that the information from outside a vehicle is notified to the user, based on a notifying instruction signal outputted from a predetermined operation means when the user operates the operation means.

2. A vehicle-use information providing device comprising:

a vehicle mounted device which is provided with a first notification means for notifying a user of various information about a vehicle, and a first control means for activating the first notification means; and

an external device which is connected to the vehicle mounted device via a connection means, and is provided with a second control means for outputting information from outside a vehicle,

wherein the second control means has a function which determines whether or not to output the information from outside a vehicle to the first control means in accordance with a level of available attention of the user while driving, and when determining that the level of available attention while driving is low, outputs the information from a vehicle to the first control mans after the level of available attention while driving is increased.

6. The vehicle-use information providing device according to claim 2, wherein even when determining that the level of the available attention while driving is low, the second control means outputs to the first control means so that the information from outside a vehicle is notified to the user, based on a notifying instruction signal outputted from a predetermined operation means when the user operates the operation means.

3. A vehicle-use information providing device comprising:

a vehicle mounted device which is provided with a first notification means for notifying a user of various information about a vehicle, and a first control means for activating the first notification means; and

an external device which is connected to the vehicle mounted device via a connection means, and is provided with a second control means for outputting information from outside a vehicle,

wherein the first control means has a function which determines whether or not to notify a user of the information from outside a vehicle in accordance with a level of available attention of the user while driving, and when determining that the level of available attention while driving is low, activates the first notification means so that the information from outside a vehicle is notified to the user as simplified information from outside a vehicle.

4. A vehicle-use information providing device comprising:

a vehicle mounted device which is provided with a first notification means for notifying a user of various information about a vehicle, and a first control means for activating the first notification means; and

an external device which is connected to the vehicle mounted device via a connection means, and is provided with a second control means for outputting information from outside a vehicle,

wherein the second control means has a function which determines whether or not to output the information from outside a vehicle to the first control means in accordance with a level of available attention of the user while driving, and when determining that the level of available attention while driving is low, outputs the simplified information from a vehicle to the first control means so that the information from outside a vehicle is notified to the user as simplified information from outside a vehicle.