Driver-assistance vehicle
Disclosed is a driver-assistance vehicle including one or more lighting members which are placed within peripheral vision of a driver and which are arranged on respective sides of the vehicle. Furthermore, the driver-assistance vehicle includes a vehicle behavior sensing unit for predicting or sensing a state of the vehicle, and a light controller for controlling the lighting members, based on the sensed state. With this driver-assistance vehicle, the driver can be assisted in distributing his attention.
1. A driver-assistance vehicle comprising:
a light emitting unit located inside the vehicle within peripheral vision of a driver of the driver-assistance vehicle;
a vehicle behavior sensing unit for predicting or sensing a state of the vehicle;
a light controller for controlling the light-emitting unit based on the sensed state; and
at least one additional light emitting unit located inside the vehicle, wherein the light emitting units are arranged on opposite sides of the vehicle,
wherein the driver of the driver-assistance vehicle is assisted in distributing his attention.
2. The driver-assistance vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle behavior sensing unit senses a signal outputted from a turn-signal of the vehicle when the turn-signal lights up, and
wherein when the vehicle behavior sensing unit senses the signal, the light controller turns on one or some of the light emitting units on the side where the turn signal flashes.
3. The driver-assistance vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle behavior sensing unit determines whether or not the vehicle will change direction or lane, through a navigation system, and
wherein when the vehicle behavior sensing unit determines that the vehicle will change direction or lane, the light controller turns on one or some of the light emitting units on the side where the vehicle will change direction or lane.
4. The driver-assistance vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle behavior sensing unit determines whether or not the vehicle will change direction or lane, through a steering angle sensor, and
wherein when the vehicle behavior sensing unit determines that the vehicle will change direction or lane, the light controller turns on one or some of the light emitting units on the side where the vehicle will change direction or lane.
5. The driver-assistance vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle behavior sensing unit determines whether or not the vehicle will change direction or lane, through a yaw rate sensor, and
wherein when the vehicle behavior sensing unit determines that the vehicle will change direction or lane, the light controller turns on one or some of the light emitting units on the side where the vehicle will change direction or lane.
6. The driver-assistance vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle behavior sensing unit senses external illuminance, and
wherein the light controller varies light intensities of the light emitting unit in accordance with the sensed illuminance.
7. The driver-assistance vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light emitting unit flashes at a frequency of 2 Hz to 10 Hz.
8. The driver assistance vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a seat sensor for determining whether a passenger sits in an assistant driver's seat; and
an alternate light emitting unit located inside the vehicle on a side of the vehicle corresponding to the assistant driver's seat, wherein the light controller controls the alternate light emitting unit based on an output of the vehicle behavior sensing unit and an output of the seat sensor.