DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE
    23.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180211535A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-26

    申请号:US15746631

    申请日:2016-06-10

    IPC分类号: G08G1/16

    摘要: A driving assistance device of one embodiment includes an acquirer that acquires first environmental information representing an environment of a traveling point of a vehicle after elapse of a given length of time from a current traveling point of the vehicle, a check information storage that stores second environmental information representing an environment of a point at which the vehicle has traveled and check action information representing a driver's necessary action under the environment indicated by the second environmental information, in association with each other, an action information storage that stores third environmental information and actual action information representing an actual action of the driver under the environment indicated by the third environmental information, in association with each other, a comparer that compares the check action information, which is associated with the second environmental information of the environment indicated by the first environmental information in the check information storage, with the actual action information, which is associated with the third environmental information of the environment indicated by the first environmental information in the action information storage, and a notifier that issues a notification on the basis of a result of the comparison by the comparer.

    Vehicle capable of low noise runs
    26.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180201185A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-19

    申请号:US15921975

    申请日:2018-03-15

    申请人: Masahide Tanaka

    发明人: Masahide Tanaka

    摘要: A vehicle comprises electric motor, generator of simulated engine sounds, decider of whether or not to generate simulated engine sounds and controller of the level of simulated engine sounds. The controller smoothly increases level of simulated engine sounds upon decision of sound generation on detection of pedestrian, crosswalk, narrow road, or road with no sidewalk. The decider is responsive to vehicle navigation system, or ETC, or camera of EDR. EDR records the decision as circumstantial evidence. The decision may be optionally possible, but is forcibly made upon necessity. Simulated engine sounds can be greater than, or equal to, or less than real engine sounds. The controller makes a soft peak of simulated engine sound upon brake or accelerator operated. Balance of simulated engine sounds among front, rear, right and left of vehicle is changeable in response to shift lever or blinker lever operation. The decision is visually indicated inside vehicle.