Vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus and method thereof
First Claim
1. A vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus mounted on a vehicle which detects another vehicle positioned in a blind spot, the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus comprising:
- a presenting unit configured to present information;
at least one microphone which detects a sound;
a vehicle sound extracting unit configured to extract a vehicle sound of the other vehicle from the sound detected by the microphone;
a sound source direction detecting unit configured to detect a sound source direction of the vehicle sound extracted by the vehicle sound extracting unit; and
a vehicle-in-blind-spot determining unit configured to cause the presenting unit to present the information, the information indicating that a the other vehicle is found in a blind spot based on the sound source direction of the vehicle sound detected by the sound source direction detecting unit, which is a first direction representing a direction above the vehicle with the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus with respect to ground level,wherein the first direction has an elevation angle with respect to the vehicle with the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus that is greater than 0 degrees.
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Abstract
A vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus detects a vehicle positioned in a blind spot by mounting the apparatus on an operator'"'"'s vehicle. The vehicle-in-blind-spot includes a presenting unit which presents information; at least one microphone which detects a sound; a vehicle sound extracting unit which extracts a vehicle sound from the sound detected by the microphone; and a sound source direction detecting unit which detects a sound source direction of the vehicle sound extracted by the vehicle sound extracting unit. A vehicle-in-blind-spot determining unit causes the presenting unit to present the information indicating that a vehicle is found in a blind spot in the case where the sound source direction of the vehicle sound detected by the sound source direction detecting unit is a first direction representing above the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus with respect to a ground.
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15 Claims
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1. A vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus mounted on a vehicle which detects another vehicle positioned in a blind spot, the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus comprising:
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a presenting unit configured to present information; at least one microphone which detects a sound; a vehicle sound extracting unit configured to extract a vehicle sound of the other vehicle from the sound detected by the microphone; a sound source direction detecting unit configured to detect a sound source direction of the vehicle sound extracted by the vehicle sound extracting unit; and a vehicle-in-blind-spot determining unit configured to cause the presenting unit to present the information, the information indicating that a the other vehicle is found in a blind spot based on the sound source direction of the vehicle sound detected by the sound source direction detecting unit, which is a first direction representing a direction above the vehicle with the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus with respect to ground level, wherein the first direction has an elevation angle with respect to the vehicle with the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus that is greater than 0 degrees. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of determining another vehicle is positioned in a blind spot, the method being executed by a vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus including a presenting unit which presents information and at least one microphone which detects a sound, the method comprising:
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extracting a vehicle sound of the other vehicle from the sound detected by the microphone; detecting a sound source direction of the vehicle sound extracted; and causing the presenting unit to present the information, the information indicating that flail the other vehicle is found in a blind spot based on the sound source direction of the vehicle sound detected, which is a first direction representing a direction above the vehicle with the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus with respect to ground level, wherein the first direction has an elevation angle with respect to the vehicle with the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus that is greater than 0 degrees. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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