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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:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2016
Applicant:

Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;

Inventors:

Syunsuke Shibata, Nishio, JP;

Norio Sanma, Nishio, JP;

Motoki Tachiiri, Nishio, JP;

Sei Iguchi, Kariya, JP;

Assignee:

DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/16 (2012.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 15/029 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information provision device includes a left vibrator disposed at left portion of a vehicle steering wheel and a right vibrator disposed at right portion of the vehicle steering wheel, a control unit vibrating the vibrators under a predetermined pattern with varying intensity, and a pattern setting unit. The pattern setting unit sets a right-turn related pattern when right-turn related information is provided and sets a left-turn related pattern when left-turn related information is provided. The right-turn related pattern includes at least a pattern in which a left vibration state, a right-and-left vibration state, and a right vibration state shift in described order. The left-turn related pattern includes at least a pattern in which the right vibration state, the right-and-left vibration state, and the left vibration state shift in described order.


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