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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2014
Applicant:
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuji Kodama, Hiratsuka, JP;
Koji Nakatani, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/18 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/18 (2013.01); B60Q 1/26 (2013.01); B60Q 1/52 (2013.01); B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); G08G 1/162 (2013.01); G08G 1/163 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driver state detection unit detects a state of the driver of a host vehicle. For example, a drowsing state of the driver is detected. An outward warning device performs an outward warning operation pertaining to a warning directed at another vehicle traveling in the vicinity of the host vehicle. Then, an inward warning device performs an inward warning operation pertaining to a warning directed at the driver of the host vehicle.