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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2013
Applicants:

Hironobu Sugimoto, Chofu, JP;

Teruhide Hayashida, Tokyo, JP;

Hirokazu Nomoto, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshihiro Oe, Kawasaki, JP;

Kazuya Nishimura, Yokohama, JP;

Yoshiyuki Kato, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Hironobu Sugimoto, Chofu, JP;

Teruhide Hayashida, Tokyo, JP;

Hirokazu Nomoto, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshihiro Oe, Kawasaki, JP;

Kazuya Nishimura, Yokohama, JP;

Yoshiyuki Kato, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G08G 1/0962 (2006.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60W 40/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G01C 21/36 (2013.01); G08G 1/0962 (2013.01); G08G 1/09623 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G08G 1/096741 (2013.01); G08G 1/096775 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); B60R 2300/802 (2013.01); B60R 2300/804 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8033 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8053 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8093 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle is provided with a driving environment information acquisition section, which acquires driving environment information, which is information on a driving environment of the vehicle. A center is provided with a driving environment evaluation section, which quantitatively evaluates the ease of traveling in the driving environment of the vehicle based on an analysis of the driving environment information acquired by the driving environment information acquisition section. A display section of the vehicle displays the result of evaluation by the driving environment evaluation section.


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