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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takahiko Kuwabara, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Iwasaki, Tokyo-to, JP;
Masato Uehara, Tokyo-to, JP;
Tomoki Miyata, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An alarm device includes a unit determining whether state of driver is inappropriate state to generate vibration of predetermined intensity in seat belt based on in-vehicle sensor signal, a unit determining whether situation requiring notification of predetermined warning to the driver occurs, based on out-of-vehicle sensor signal, behavior sensor signal, in-vehicle sensor signal, and current location of vehicle, and a unit notifying driver of predetermined warning by generating vibration of predetermined intensity in seat belt when situation requiring notification of predetermined warning occurs and when state of driver is not an inappropriate one, notifying driver of predetermined warning by generating vibration of intensity weaker than predetermined intensity in seat belt or using notification unit other than seat belt or stopping notification of predetermined warning, when situation requiring notification of predetermined warning occurs and when state of driver is an inappropriate one.