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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Akira Shinada, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Kamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Ippei Tambata, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Nunokawa, Aichi, JP;
Hiroaki Okajima, Chiba, JP;
Kazuya Sasaki, Toyota, JP;
Goro Asai, Toyota, JP;
Masafumi Kizu, Toyota, JP;
Akira Shinada, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Kamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Ippei Tambata, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Nunokawa, Aichi, JP;
Hiroaki Okajima, Chiba, JP;
Kazuya Sasaki, Toyota, JP;
Goro Asai, Toyota, JP;
Masafumi Kizu, Toyota, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An in-vehicle device, a vehicle, and a vehicle information processing method, which are used, for example, to assist in driving an automobile and can properly communicate a vehicle situation to a driver. Methods and mechanisms express user's handling of the vehicle by virtual feelings on the assumption that the vehicle has a personality, and displays the virtual feelings by facial expressions of a predetermined character.