COLLISION AVOIDANCE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A collision avoidance device for a vehicle, the collision avoidance device comprising:
- a driver action detection device configured to detect an action of a driver of the vehicle; and
an electronic control unit configured to determine whether to provide a notification to a driver of a following vehicle based on the action of the driver of the vehicle, detected by the driver action detection device, the notification being a notification about a sign of a behavior of the vehicle, which possibly causes a rear-end collision of the following vehicle,the electronic control unit being configured to provide the notification to the driver of the following vehicle based on a result determined by the electronic control unit.
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Abstract
A collision avoidance device for a vehicle includes a driver action detection device configured to detect an action of a driver of the vehicle and an electronic control unit configured to determine whether to provide a notification to a driver of a following vehicle based on the action of the driver of the vehicle, detected by the driver action detection device. The notification is a notification about a sign of a behavior of the vehicle, which possibly causes a rear-end collision of the following vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to provide the notification to the driver of the following vehicle based on a result determined by the electronic control unit.
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14 Claims
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1. A collision avoidance device for a vehicle, the collision avoidance device comprising:
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a driver action detection device configured to detect an action of a driver of the vehicle; and an electronic control unit configured to determine whether to provide a notification to a driver of a following vehicle based on the action of the driver of the vehicle, detected by the driver action detection device, the notification being a notification about a sign of a behavior of the vehicle, which possibly causes a rear-end collision of the following vehicle, the electronic control unit being configured to provide the notification to the driver of the following vehicle based on a result determined by the electronic control unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A collision avoidance method that is executed by a collision avoidance device,
the collision avoidance device including a driver action detection device and an electronic control unit, the collision avoidance method comprising: -
a driver action detection step of detecting, by the driver action detection device, an action of a driver of a vehicle; a determination step of determining, by the electronic control unit, whether to provide a notification about a sign of a behavior of the vehicle, which possibly causes a rear-end collision of a following vehicle, to a driver of the following vehicle based on the action of the driver of the vehicle, detected in the driver action detection step; and a notification step of providing, by the electronic control unit, the notification to the driver of the following vehicle based on a result determined in the determination step.
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14. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program, wherein
the program being executed by a computer mounted on a vehicle to implement a determination step and a notification step, the determination step being a step of determining whether to provide a notification about a sign of a behavior of the vehicle, which possibly causes a rear-end collision of a following vehicle, to a driver of the following vehicle based on the action of the driver of the vehicle, detected by a driver action detection device mounted on the vehicle, and the notification step being a step of providing the notification to the driver of the following vehicle based on a result determined in the determination step.
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