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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Takahiko Murano, Susono, JP;
Akihide Tachibana, Susono, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An intersection information supply system supplies information about a first vehicle approaching an intersection on a first road to a driver of a second vehicle approaching the intersection on a second road, the first road and the second road intersecting at the intersection, wherein the intersection information supply system includes: a transmission unit, provided in the first vehicle, transmitting a predetermined signal when the first vehicle approaches the intersection; a receiving unit, installed near the intersection, receiving the predetermined signal from the transmission unit provided in the first vehicle; and an information supply unit supplying information to the second vehicle approaching the intersection on the second road when the receiving unit receives the predetermined signal, the information indicating that there is the first vehicle approaching the intersection on the first road.