IP Library Granted Patent US 12,367,755
Granted Patent B2
US 12,367,755 · App. 18/242,763 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Notification device

Inventor: Ryota Nakanishi (Obu, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G08B25/10G08G1/167B60R25/01
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Patent No.
US 12,367,755
App. No.
18/242,763
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A notification device, comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to receive an abnormality notification from an occupant of a vehicle, and in a case in which the abnormality notification has been received, notify a third party of vehicle information including position information of the vehicle and an image of surroundings of the vehicle, which are stored at the vehicle, and notify the third party that the vehicle is in an abnormal situation.

Claims (9)

1. A notification device, comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive an abnormality notification from an occupant of a vehicle, and

in a case in which the abnormality notification has been received, notify a third party of vehicle information including position information of the vehicle and an image of surroundings of the vehicle, which are stored at the vehicle, and notify the third party that the vehicle is in an abnormal situation,

wherein the processor is further configured to perform control for at least one of locking a door lock or closing a window of the vehicle in a case in which the abnormality notification has been received.

2. The notification device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire a distance between the vehicle and a peripheral vehicle in the surroundings of the vehicle, and

in a case in which the abnormality notification has been received and the acquired distance is less than a predetermined threshold value, notify the third party of the vehicle information and that the vehicle is in an abnormal situation.

3. The notification device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to notify the occupant so as to change a lane in which the vehicle is traveling in a case in which the acquired distance is less than the predetermined threshold value and the abnormality notification has not been received.

4. The notification device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to notify the occupant so as to stop the vehicle or to move further away from a peripheral vehicle in the surroundings of the vehicle, after having changed a lane in which the vehicle is traveling, in a case in which the abnormality notification has been received.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2023
From: NAKANISHI, RYOTA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064813/0652 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-154212 · Sep 27, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240105049A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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