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Apparatus for assisting driver in carefully driving

  • US 5,850,193 A
  • Filed: 01/03/1996
  • Issued: 12/15/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus mounted on a vehicle for assisting a vehicle driver in carefully driving, comprising:

  • data obtaining means for obtaining vehicle movement data indicative of a movement of said vehicle;

    estimating means for estimating a current location of said vehicle on the basis of the vehicle movement data obtained by said data obtaining means;

    information providing means for providing said vehicle driver with guide information as to the current location of said vehicle estimated by said estimating means;

    judging means for judging whether action of said vehicle is unstable or not, on the basis of the vehicle movement data obtained by said obtaining; and

    information providing means for producing destination information as to a relation between the current location of said vehicle and a destination of said vehicle driver;

    said information providing means being operated to provide said vehicle driver with attention information that the action of said vehicle is unstable when said judging means judges that the action of said vehicle is unstable;

    said information providing means being operated to further provide said vehicle driver with said destination information to guide said vehicle driver to said destination,said information producing means being operated to replace said destination with facilities effective in causing said vehicle to recover from the unstable action to produce facility information as to a relation between the current location of said vehicle and said facilities when said judging means judges that the action of said vehicle is unstable, andsaid information providing means being operated to further provide said vehicle driver with said facility information to guide said vehicle driver to said facilities previous to said destination.

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