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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
Shugo Kondo, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shugo Kondo, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A travel safety apparatus for a vehicle which includes an object detecting unit which detects an object in a traveling direction of the vehicle; an object information obtaining unit adapted to obtain object information; a vehicle information obtaining unit adapted to obtain vehicle information; a determination unit which determines whether or not there is a possibility of a contact or a collision; a position detecting unit which detects positions of eyeballs of an occupant of the vehicle; a projecting unit adapted to project an image on the occupant's retina when there is a possibility of a contact or a collision; and a controller which controls the projecting unit, wherein the controller is adapted to control the projecting unit to project the predetermined image so that the image overlaps in the occupant's view with a position of the object or an area within a predetermined radius from the position of the object.