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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2014
Applicant:
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuji Kodama, Hiratsuka, JP;
Koji Nakatani, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G08G 1/0962 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/162 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G08G 1/09626 (2013.01); G08G 1/163 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01);
Abstract
Route information indicating a preset route is acquired. Host vehicle position information indicating the position of a host vehicle is acquired. It is detected whether a direction indicator providing advance notice of a traveling direction of the host vehicle is on or off. If the position of the host vehicle agrees with a position on the route, the position of the host vehicle approaches a position to turn on the route, and it is detected that the direction indicator is off, a warning operation pertaining to a warning directed at another vehicle traveling in the vicinity of the host vehicle is performed.