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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Junichi Morimura, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Hadano, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/005 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/005 (2013.01); B60Q 1/503 (2013.01); B60R 11/0223 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A notification method for notifying an object of information using a notification device or a light source device provided in a vehicle includes recognizing a plurality of objects based on a result of detection performed by an external sensor, giving a priority for the recognized objects, selecting a notification target from the recognized objects based on the given priority, associating the notification target with a region of the notification device, and performing notification for the notification target using the associated region of the notification device.