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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Takuya Kaminade, Susono, JP;
Shinya Kawamata, Mishima, JP;
Osamu Ozaki, Mishima, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
An other-vehicle detection apparatus includes: a sound source device mounted on a first vehicle and configured to output a non-audible region sound of a predetermined frequency range set in advance; a sound collection device mounted on the first vehicle and configured to collect sound information around the first vehicle; and a distinction device configured to distinguish a second vehicle based on a non-audible region sound included in the sound information collected by the sound collection device of the first vehicle.