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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2012
Applicants:

Akio Takahashi, Tochigi-ken, JP;

Shinsuke Ueda, Utsunomiya, JP;

Inventors:

Akio Takahashi, Tochigi-ken, JP;

Shinsuke Ueda, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 28/02 (2006.01); B60K 28/06 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 28/02 (2013.01); B60K 28/066 (2013.01); G06K 9/00845 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A warning device that is highly effective in encouraging a driver to stop visually distracted driving. The warning device includes a visually-distracted-driving determination unit and a warning unit. The visually-distracted driving determination unit determines that a driver is visually distracted if the direction in which the driver is looking is greater than or equal to a predetermined angle with respect to the front of the driver. The warning unit issues a visual warning at a position visible to the driver when the visually-distracted-driving determination unit determines that the driver is visually distracted. The warning unit is arranged on a virtual boundary line forming the predetermined angle with the front of the driver on the right and/or left side thereof.


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