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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2021
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Miyahara, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;
Keisaku Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniyo Ieda, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure is intended to notify an off-board passenger of a hazardous situation occurring around a target vehicle in the presence of an on-board passenger in the vehicle. A notification controller according to the present disclosure includes: an on-board passenger judgment unit, if at least one passenger in a target vehicle gets out of the vehicle to become an off-board passenger, the on-board passenger judgment unit judging whether there is a different passenger staying in the target vehicle; a hazard judgment unit that judges whether a hazardous situation is occurring around the target vehicle if there is an on-board passenger; and a notification control unit that makes radio communication with a communication terminal of the off-board passenger to make outward notification that is notification indicating the occurrence of the hazardous situation to the off-board passenger if the hazard judgment unit judges that the hazardous situation is occurring.