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Vehicle proximity warning apparatus, method and program

  • US 7,362,241 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2005
  • Issued: 04/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle proximity warning apparatus comprising:

  • a current location detector for detecting a current location of a user'"'"'s vehicle;

    point information acquiring means for acquiring map data; and

    light emission processing means for driving a light generator, based on the map data and the detected current location of the user'"'"'s vehicle, to emit a light beam toward a warning point to be illuminated on the road ahead; and

    wherein the warning point is on a road surface within an intersection, road junction or crossing.

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