Vehicle external notification device
Provided is a vehicle external notification device including a first notification unit that gives notice of information on an action schedule so as to be recognizable from the front of a host vehicle, a second notification unit that gives notice of the information so as to be recognizable from the side of the host vehicle, an action schedule unit that predicts a future action of a pedestrian, a parallel advance prediction unit that predicts whether or not the pedestrian advances in parallel with the host vehicle, and a notification control unit that causes the first notification unit to give notice of the information when it is predicted that the pedestrian does not advance in parallel with the host vehicle, and causes the second notification unit to give notice of the information when it is predicted that the pedestrian advances in parallel with the host vehicle.
1. A vehicle external notification device that gives notice of information on a future action schedule of a host vehicle during automatic driving so as to be recognizable from an outside of a vehicle, the vehicle external notification device comprising:
a first display configured to give notice of the information on the future action schedule so as to be recognizable from a front of the host vehicle;
a second display configured to give notice of the information on the future action schedule so as to be recognizable from a side of the host vehicle; and
an external sensor configured to detect a moving object in a vicinity of the host vehicle;
one or more processors further configured to:
predict a future action of the moving object which is detected in front of the host vehicle by the external sensor;
predict whether or not the moving object advances in parallel with the host vehicle, on the basis of the future action schedule and the future action of the moving object which is predicted; and
cause the first display to give notice of the information on the future action schedule when the moving object does not advance in parallel with the host vehicle, and
cause the first display to stop giving notice of the information and cause the second display to start giving notice of the information on the future action schedule at a timing when (i) the moving object is positioned at a first distance from the host vehicle in a traveling direction of the host vehicle, and (ii) there is a prediction that the moving object advances in parallel with the host vehicle.
2. The vehicle external notification device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to acquire a minimum distance which is a distance when the moving object and the host vehicle are closest to each other, on the basis of the future action schedule and the future action of the moving object which is predicted,
cause the first display to give notice of information indicating that the host vehicle yields a course to the moving object, as the information on the future action schedule, when the minimum distance acquired is less than a second distance, and cause the first display to give notice of information indicating that the host vehicle does not yield a course to the moving object, as the information on the future action schedule, when the minimum distance is equal to or greater than the second distance.