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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuji Matsuoka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340436 ; 340903 ;
Abstract
An alarm device for vehicle operable at a time of changing lanes which does not alert in case of congestion by inputting an obstacle by a scan laser radar 1, recognizing the obstacle by a obstacle recognizing means 9 based on thus inputted information, recognizing the congestion by a lane state recognizing means 10 based on thus recognized obstacle and a state of peripheral lane, setting an optimum area for alerting by an alarm determining means 11 based on thus recognized state of lane, and conducting an alarm by an alarm means 7 based on the obstacle within the optimum area for alerting.