Drive-assist information providing system for driver of vehicle
First Claim
1. A drive-assist information providing system installed in a vehicle and designed to provide drive-assist information to a driver of the vehicle when the vehicle is running, or temporarily halting, on one lane of a road within a predetermined assist zone, the system comprising:
- a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a current position and behavior of the vehicle;
a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a current position and behavior of at least one object around the vehicle;
an identifying unit configured to identify current circumstances of the vehicle and therearound based on the current position and behavior of the vehicle and on the current position and behavior of the at least one object around the vehicle; and
a control unit configured to control how to provide the drive-assist information to the driver of the vehicle depending on the identified current circumstances of the vehicle and therearound.
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Abstract
A drive-assist information providing system is installed beforehand in a vehicle. The system provides drive-assist information to the driver when the vehicle is running, or temporarily halting, on one lane of a road within a predetermined assist zone. The system includes a first obtaining unit for obtaining a current position and behavior of the vehicle, and a second obtaining unit for obtaining a current position and behavior of an object around the vehicle. The system includes an identifying unit for identifying current circumstances of the vehicle and therearound based on the current position and behavior of the vehicle and on the current position and behavior of the object around the vehicle. The system includes a control unit for controlling how to provide the drive-assist information to the driver of the vehicle depending on the identified current circumstances of the vehicle and therearound.
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1. A drive-assist information providing system installed in a vehicle and designed to provide drive-assist information to a driver of the vehicle when the vehicle is running, or temporarily halting, on one lane of a road within a predetermined assist zone, the system comprising:
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a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a current position and behavior of the vehicle;
a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a current position and behavior of at least one object around the vehicle;
an identifying unit configured to identify current circumstances of the vehicle and therearound based on the current position and behavior of the vehicle and on the current position and behavior of the at least one object around the vehicle; and
a control unit configured to control how to provide the drive-assist information to the driver of the vehicle depending on the identified current circumstances of the vehicle and therearound. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A program product embedded in a media accessible by a computer installed in a vehicle for providing drive-assist information to a driver of the vehicle when the vehicle is running, or temporarily halting, on one lane of a road within a predetermined assist zone, the program product comprising:
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first means for instructing a computer to, when a current position and behavior of at least one object around the vehicle is externally input thereto, receive the current position and behavior of at least one object around the vehicle;
second means for instructing a computer to, when a current position and behavior of at least one object around the vehicle is externally input thereto, receive the current position and behavior of the at least one object around the vehicle;
third means for instructing a computer to identify current circumstances of the vehicle and therearound based on the current position and behavior of the vehicle and on the current position and behavior of the at least one object around the vehicle; and
fourth means for instructing a computer to control how to provide the drive-assist information to the driver of the vehicle depending on the identified current circumstances of the vehicle and therearound. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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