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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2007
Makoto Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kubotani, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Kurokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kubotani, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Kurokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A traveling information providing device is provided in which a surrounding information corrector acquires surrounding information on the condition surrounding a vehicle equipped with the device. An object extractor extracts a safety confirmation object the safety of which must be confirmed by a driver from the surrounding information acquired by the surrounding information collector. A line-of-sight detector detects a line-of-sight direction of the driver. A visibility calculator receives the extracted safety confirmation object and the line-of-sight direction of the driver and calculates visibility in consideration of the driver's peripheral vision with respect to the safety confirmation object according to the distance or the angle from the driver's line-of-sight direction to the object. An information presenter presents safety confirmation to the driver depending on the calculated visibility.