Notifying device and notifying system
A notifying method includes detecting an object existing in a periphery of the vehicle, and emitting a visible light to irradiate at least a part of the periphery of the vehicle in a direction of the object with an irradiation pattern. A color of the visible light irradiated is a complementary color of a color of a road surface.
1. A notifying method comprising:
detecting an object existing in a periphery of a vehicle; and
emitting a visible light to irradiate at least a part of the periphery of the vehicle in a direction of the object with an irradiation pattern,
wherein a color of the visible light irradiated is a complementary color of a color of a road surface,
the complementary color indicates one of a pair of colors that are opposite each other,
the color of the visible light irradiated is a color that is opposite to the color of the road surface, and
the notifying method further comprises:
capturing an image of the periphery of the vehicle;
extracting the color of the road surface from the captured image; and
changing the color of the visible light irradiated to the complementary color of the extracted color of the road surface.
2. The notifying method according to claim 1 , wherein changing the color of the visible light irradiated according to the color of the road surface.
3. The notifying method according to claim 1 , wherein the irradiation pattern includes a pattern having a band-shaped area.
4. The notifying method according to claim 1 , wherein the irradiation pattern includes an icon indicating a virtual stop line irradiated in front of the vehicle.
5. The notifying method according to claim 1 , wherein the irradiation pattern includes an image showing a route on which the vehicle advances to a virtual stop line.