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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Yoshihiko Takahashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Tomoya Kawasaki, Miyoshi, JP;
Tetsuya Komoguchi, Aichi-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 7/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 7/005 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
A warning device for a vehicle to start a warning at an optimum timing depending on a position at which an object passes near the vehicle. The warning device has a warning part for warning a driver of a presence of the object that will pass near the vehicle. The warning device has a timing changing part for changing a timing of starting the warning via the warning part according to a size of an allowance space from the vehicle to an expected passing position at which the object is expected to pass near the vehicle.