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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Sugimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Tatara, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/52 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driving assistance system includes an illumination apparatus and a controller. The illumination apparatus is configured to draw an avoidance pattern PTN on a road surface such that it indicates a lane in which the driver's vehicle is to travel or a direction in which the driver's vehicle is to travel. Upon detecting, by a sensor or communication, an obstacle in front of the driver's vehicle, the controller instructs the illumination apparatus to draw the avoidance pattern PTN.