Driving assistance system
First Claim
1. A driving assistance system provided with:
- a road information receiving function unit for receiving road information transmitted from a road information center or another vehicle;
a current location specifying function unit for specifying the current location of one'"'"'s own vehicle;
an operating force change function unit able to change the operating force of a direction instruction operation lever; and
a control function unit for judging whether or not a situation which may obstruct the advance of the vehicle has occurred in an direction of advance of the vehicle on the basis of the road information transmitted from the road information center or the other vehicle and received by said road information receiving function unit and the current location of the vehicle specified by said current location specifying function unit and changing the operating force of the direction instruction operation lever in the corresponding direction of advance by said operating force change function unit when detecting the occurrence of such a situation.
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Accused Products
Abstract
A driving assistance system able to suitably inform a user of the occurrence of congestion or an accident or other situation which may obstruct the advance of one'"'"'s own vehicle and accordingly able to suitably assist driving, that is, a driving assistance system which judges whether or not congestion, an accident, etc. has occurred in a direction of advance of the vehicle on the basis of road information transmitted from a road information center and the current location of the vehicle and changes an operating force of a direction instruction operation lever in the corresponding direction of advance when detecting the occurrence of congestion, an accident, etc. in the direction of advance of the vehicle. By the change of the operating force of the direction instruction operation lever, the occurrence of congestion, an accident, etc. in the direction of advance of the vehicle can be tactilely informed to the user via the direction instruction operation lever when the user tries to operate the direction instruction operation lever.
6 Citations
8 Claims
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1. A driving assistance system provided with:
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a road information receiving function unit for receiving road information transmitted from a road information center or another vehicle; a current location specifying function unit for specifying the current location of one'"'"'s own vehicle; an operating force change function unit able to change the operating force of a direction instruction operation lever; and a control function unit for judging whether or not a situation which may obstruct the advance of the vehicle has occurred in an direction of advance of the vehicle on the basis of the road information transmitted from the road information center or the other vehicle and received by said road information receiving function unit and the current location of the vehicle specified by said current location specifying function unit and changing the operating force of the direction instruction operation lever in the corresponding direction of advance by said operating force change function unit when detecting the occurrence of such a situation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 7, 8)
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5. A driving assistance system provided with:
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a road information receiving function unit for receiving road information transmitted from a road information center or another vehicle; a current location specifying function unit for specifying the current location of one'"'"'s own vehicle; an operation prohibition function unit able to prohibit the operation of a direction instruction operation lever; and a control function unit for judging whether or not a situation which may obstruct the advance of the vehicle has occurred in an direction of advance of the vehicle on the basis of the road information transmitted from the road information center or the other vehicle and received by said road information receiving function unit and the current location of the vehicle specified by said current location specifying function unit and making said operation prohibition function unit prohibit the operation of the direction instruction operation lever in the corresponding direction of advance when detecting the occurrence of such a situation. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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