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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Hayato Mizuma, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Matsushita, Ichinomiya, JP;
Yuko Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Kohei Miwa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Naoki Yamada, Kasugai, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60S 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/2684 (2013.01); B60S 1/0491 (2013.01);
Abstract
The vehicle includes a light-emitting part installed in the rear windshield wiper, a front camera that captures an image of the front of the own vehicle, a control unit that causes the light-emitting part to blink in conjunction with the operation of the rear windshield wiper to display the pattern, and a processing unit that acquires the pattern displayed by the blink of the light-emitting part of the preceding vehicle based on the image shot by the front camera.