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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroaki Kawamura, Nagoya, JP;
Kohei Shintani, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
When a frontmost white line of a crosswalk cannot be detected due to an obstacle existing on the crosswalk, an edge position of the obstacle closer to a pedestrian in an image acquired by a camera is set as the frontmost white line of the crosswalk. As a result, a vibration generation device vibrates in a pattern that urges the pedestrian to stop at the time when the pedestrian reaches a position before the edge position of the obstacle closer to the pedestrian, so that a stop notification for walking can be appropriately performed to the pedestrian even when the obstacle exists on the crosswalk.