Driving environment risk determination apparatus and driving environment risk notification apparatus
First Claim
1. A vehicle with a driving environment risk determination apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit configured for vehicle-to-vehicle communication;
one or more sensors arranged to detect driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle; and
one or more controllers, configured to;
acquire a status information of a driver who drives another vehicle running in the vicinity of a subject vehicle that is equipped with the driving environment risk determination apparatus via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication with the another vehicle by the communication unit, wherein the status information of the driver who drives another vehicle includes information on at least one of a facial expression of the driver of the another vehicle, a body temperature of the driver of the another vehicle, a degree of sweating of the driver of the another vehicle, and an operation condition of one or more of a brake pedal of the another vehicle, an accelerator pedal of the another vehicle, a steering wheel of the another vehicle, and a blinker control of the another vehicle by the driver of the another vehicle;
acquire a driving status information of the another vehicle via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication with the another vehicle by the communication unit, wherein the driving status information of the another vehicle includes information on at least one of location of the another vehicle, speed of the another vehicle, acceleration of the another vehicle, activation of brakes of the another vehicle, activation of blinkers of the another vehicle, vehicle size of the another vehicle, vehicle type of the another vehicle, and a failure in the another vehicle;
acquire a driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle detected by the one or more sensors;
convert the status information of the driver who drives the another vehicle into a first numerical value, the driving status information of the another vehicle into a second numerical value, and the driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle into a third numerical value;
calculate a degree of risk of the surrounding environment in which the subject vehicle is running from at least the first numerical value, the second numerical value, and the third numerical value; and
determine whether a surrounding environment in which the subject vehicle is running is risky or not risky by comparing the degree of risk to a threshold.
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Abstract
A driving environment risk determination apparatus includes a driver status acquisition module that acquires a status of a driver who drives another vehicle running in the vicinity of a subject vehicle that is equipped with the driving environment risk determination apparatus, an other-vehicle status acquisition module that acquires a driving status of the another vehicle, a driving environment acquisition module that acquires a driving environment in the vicinity of the subject vehicle, a risk determination module that calculates a degree of risk from information acquired through the driver status acquisition module, the other-vehicle status acquisition module, and the driving environment acquisition module and thereby determines whether the degree of risk is minor or major.
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19 Claims
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1. A vehicle with a driving environment risk determination apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit configured for vehicle-to-vehicle communication; one or more sensors arranged to detect driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle; and one or more controllers, configured to; acquire a status information of a driver who drives another vehicle running in the vicinity of a subject vehicle that is equipped with the driving environment risk determination apparatus via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication with the another vehicle by the communication unit, wherein the status information of the driver who drives another vehicle includes information on at least one of a facial expression of the driver of the another vehicle, a body temperature of the driver of the another vehicle, a degree of sweating of the driver of the another vehicle, and an operation condition of one or more of a brake pedal of the another vehicle, an accelerator pedal of the another vehicle, a steering wheel of the another vehicle, and a blinker control of the another vehicle by the driver of the another vehicle; acquire a driving status information of the another vehicle via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication with the another vehicle by the communication unit, wherein the driving status information of the another vehicle includes information on at least one of location of the another vehicle, speed of the another vehicle, acceleration of the another vehicle, activation of brakes of the another vehicle, activation of blinkers of the another vehicle, vehicle size of the another vehicle, vehicle type of the another vehicle, and a failure in the another vehicle; acquire a driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle detected by the one or more sensors; convert the status information of the driver who drives the another vehicle into a first numerical value, the driving status information of the another vehicle into a second numerical value, and the driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle into a third numerical value; calculate a degree of risk of the surrounding environment in which the subject vehicle is running from at least the first numerical value, the second numerical value, and the third numerical value; and determine whether a surrounding environment in which the subject vehicle is running is risky or not risky by comparing the degree of risk to a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A vehicle comprising:
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a driving environment risk notification apparatus including one or more controllers configured to; acquire a status information of a driver who drives another vehicle running in the vicinity of a subject vehicle equipped with the driving environment risk notification apparatus via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication with the another vehicle, wherein the status information of the driver who drives another vehicle includes information on at least one of a facial expression of the driver of the another vehicle, a body temperature of the driver of the another vehicle, a degree of sweating of the driver of the another vehicle, and an operation condition of a brake pedal, an accelerator pedal, a steering wheel, a blinker control by the driver of the another vehicle; acquire a driving status information of the another vehicle wherein the driving status information of the another vehicle includes information on at least one of location of the another vehicle, speed of the another vehicle, acceleration of the another vehicle, activation of brakes of the another vehicle, activation of blinkers of the another vehicle, vehicle size of the another vehicle, vehicle type of the another vehicle and a failure of the another vehicle; acquire a driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle; and convert the status information of the driver who drives the another vehicle into a first numerical value, the driving status information of the another vehicle into a second numerical value, and the driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle into a third numerical value; calculate a degree of risk of the surrounding environment in which the subject vehicle is running from at least the first numerical value, the second numerical value, and the third numerical value; determine whether a surrounding environment in which the subject vehicle is running is risky or not risky by comparing the degree of risk to a threshold; and a notification unit that provides notification to the driver of the subject vehicle if at least one of the controllers determines the surrounding environment is risky, wherein the notification unit is one or more of a display configured to display a visual notification, a speaker configured to deliver an audible warning, a vibration device in contact with a driver configured to vibrate, or scent releaser configured to generate a smell. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicle with a driving environment risk determination apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit configured for vehicle-to-vehicle communication; one or more sensors arranged to detect driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle; and one or more controllers, configured to; acquire a status information of a driver who drives another vehicle running in the vicinity of a subject vehicle that is equipped with the driving environment risk determination apparatus via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication with the another vehicle by the communication unit, wherein the status information of the driver who drives another vehicle includes information on at least one of a facial expression of the driver of the another vehicle, a body temperature of the driver of the another vehicle, and a degree of sweating of the driver of the another vehicle; acquire a driving status information of the another vehicle via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication with the another vehicle by the communication unit, wherein the driving status information of the another vehicle includes information on at least one of location of the another vehicle, speed of the another vehicle, acceleration of the another vehicle, activation of brakes of the another vehicle, activation of blinkers of the another vehicle, vehicle size of the another vehicle, vehicle type of the another vehicle and a failure in the another vehicle; acquire a driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle detected by the one or more sensors; convert the status information of the driver who drives the another vehicle into a first numerical value, the driving status information of the another vehicle into a second numerical value, and the driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle into a third numerical value; calculate a degree of risk of the surrounding environment in which the subject vehicle is running from at least the first numerical value, the second numerical value and the third numerical value; and determine whether a surrounding environment in which the subject vehicle is running is risky or not risky by comparing the degree of risk to a threshold.
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19. A vehicle comprising:
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a driving environment risk notification apparatus including one or more controllers configured to; acquire a status information of a driver who drives another vehicle running in the vicinity of a subject vehicle equipped with the driving environment risk notification apparatus via a vehicle-to-vehicle communication with the another vehicle, wherein the status information of the driver who drives another vehicle includes information on at least one of a facial expression of the driver of the another vehicle, a body temperature of the driver of the another vehicle, and a degree of sweating of the driver of the another vehicle; acquire a driving status information of the another vehicle, wherein the driving status information of the another vehicle includes information on at least one of location of the another vehicle, speed of the another vehicle, acceleration of the another vehicle, activation of brakes of the another vehicle, activation of blinkers of the another vehicle, vehicle size of the another vehicle, vehicle type of the another vehicle and a failure of the another vehicle; acquire a driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle; convert the status information of the driver who drives the another vehicle into a first numerical value, the driving status information of the another vehicle into a second numerical value, and the driving environment information in the vicinity of the subject vehicle into a third numerical value; calculate a degree of risk of the surrounding environment in which the subject vehicle is running from at least the first numerical value, the second numerical value and the third numerical value; determine whether a surrounding environment in which the subject vehicle is running is risky or not risky by comparing the degree of risk to a threshold, and a notification unit that provides notification to the driver of the subject vehicle if at least one of the controllers determines the surrounding environment is risky, wherein the notification unit is one or more of a display configured to display a visual notification, a speaker configured to deliver an audible warning, a vibration device in contact with a driver configured to vibrate, or scent releaser configured to generate a smell.
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