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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:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2019
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Satoshi Imaizumi, Wako, JP;

Shinichiro Goto, Wako, JP;

Eisuke Soma, Wako, JP;

Hiromitsu Yuhara, Wako, JP;

Keiichi Takikawa, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 50/08 (2013.01); G06F 3/015 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06K 9/00845 (2013.01); B60K 2370/186 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1876 (2019.05); B60W 2040/0872 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/22 (2013.01); B60W 2540/221 (2020.02); G06F 2203/011 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information providing device includes an emotion estimation unit that estimates the emotion of an occupant within a predetermined period of time from the time when the occupant gets in a vehicle (STEP), a base-emotion setting unit that sets a base emotion of the vehicle on the basis of the emotion of the occupant (STEP), a vehicle-state detection unit that detects the state of the vehicle (STEP), an emotion generation unit that generates the emotion of the vehicle in accordance with the base emotion and the state of the vehicle (STEP), an information determination unit that determines, on the basis of the emotion of the vehicle, information to be provided to the occupant (STEP), and an information output unit that outputs information to the occupant (STEP).


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