The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Kaoru Yoshida, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01); G08B 21/02 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01);
Abstract
A blind spot information acquisition device includes: a processor configured to: acquire sounds in an area around a vehicle, infer positions of occurrence of the sounds that have been acquired, acquire information relating to objects in the area around the vehicle, and determine that there is a sound occurring in a blind spot in a case in which a sound source in the positions of occurrence of the sounds cannot be identified from the information relating to objects in the area around the vehicle that has been acquired.