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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2013
Denso Corporation, Aichi, JP;
Nobuhiro Ogura, Handa, JP;
Ryoichi Ijima, Nagoya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A notification apparatus for notifying a passenger in a vehicle of existence of a specific object disposed on a road includes: an information obtaining device that obtains positional information indicative of a position of each specific object and angle information indicative of a direction of each specific object; a candidate retrieving device that: sets an inclusive region including a driving schedule route; and retrieves one specific object in the inclusive region as a notification object candidate; a first eliminating device that eliminates the one specific object from the notification object candidate when the one specific object does not correspond to a driving direction; and a second eliminating device that eliminates the one specific object from the notification object candidate when the one specific object is not disposed on the driving schedule route.