IP Library Granted Patent US 11,260,874
Granted Patent B2
US 11,260,874 · App. 17/004,796 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Driver assistance device that can be mounted on a vehicle

Inventors: Akira Masuo (Kanagawa, JP); Junichi Yukawa (Kanagawa, JP); Kenji Sugihara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INIELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B60W40/09B60W50/14G06K9/00791G06K9/00845G06Q40/08G07C5/008B60W2040/0827B60W2040/0872B60W2050/146B60W2540/229B60W2540/30
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Patent No.
US 11,260,874
App. No.
17/004,796
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An acquisition unit acquires at least one of first information and second information. A notification unit provides warning information to the driver, the warning information being generated based on at least one of the first information and the second information acquired and indicating a possibility of an increase in an insurance premium of an insurance applied to the driver. An reception unit receives acceptance of the provided warning information from the driver. A processor determines to transmit the acceptance by the driver of the possibility of an increase in the insurance premium to an insurance company server when the acceptance is received and determines to transmit at least one of the first information and the second information to the insurance company server when acceptance is not received.

Claims (32)

1. A driver assistance device that can be mounted on a vehicle, comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) that:

acquires at least one of first information related to a condition of life of a driver outside the vehicle and second information related to a situation of driving by the driver inside the vehicle;

provides warning information to the driver, the warning information being generated based on at least one of the first information and the second information and indicating a possibility of an increase in an insurance premium of an insurance applied to the driver;

receives acceptance of the warning information from the driver; and

determines to transmit the acceptance by the driver of the possibility of an increase in the insurance premium to an external server when the acceptance is received, and determines to transmit at least one of the first information and the second information to the external server when the acceptance is not received.

2. The driver assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein

the CPU provides warning information generated based on the first information during a first stage and provides warning information generated based on the second information during a second stage, the second stage following the first stage and being defined to start when the driver starts driving.

3. The driver assistance device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the CPU transmits at least one of the first information and the second information when the CPU determines to transmit at least one of the first information and the second information to the external server.

4. The driver assistance device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the CPU transmits at least one of the first information and the second information when the CPU determines to transmit at least one of the first information and the second information to the external server.

5. The driver assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein

the external server is an insurance company server.

6. The driver assistance device according to claim 2 , wherein

the external server is an insurance company server.

7. The driver assistance device according to claim 3 , wherein

the external server is an insurance company server.

8. The driver assistance device according to claim 4 , wherein

the external server is an insurance company server.

9. The driver assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein

the external server is an analysis company server connected between the driver assistance device and an insurance company server, and

the analysis company server transmits information obtained by processing at least one of the first information and the second information to the insurance company server.

10. The driver assistance device according to claim 2 , wherein

the external server is an analysis company server connected between the driver assistance device and an insurance company server, and

the analysis company server transmits information obtained be processing at least one of the first information and the second information to the insurance company server.

11. The driver assistance device according to claim 3 , wherein

the external server is an analysis company server connected between the driver assistance device and an insurance company server, and

the analysis company server transmits information obtained be processing at least one of the first information and the second information to the insurance company server.

12. The driver assistance device according to claim 4 , wherein

the external server is an analysis company server connected between the driver assistance device and an insurance company server, and

the analysis company server transmits information obtained be processing at least one of the first information and the second information to the insurance company server.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0209 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2020
From: MASUO, AKIRA; YUKAWA, JUNICHI; SUGIHARA, KENJI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054687/0226 →
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