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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Satoshi Fukumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/28 (2006.01); G08G 1/005 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/005 (2013.01); B60Q 1/507 (2022.05); B60Q 1/547 (2022.05); B60R 21/34 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A notifying method includes detecting an object existing in a periphery of a vehicle and determining a type of the object existing in the periphery of the vehicle. The notifying method further includes emitting a visible light to irradiate at least a part of the periphery of the vehicle with an irradiation pattern. The irradiation pattern includes an icon pattern indicating the type of the object.