DANGER PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE

• Main Author: OKAMURA TOSHIHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.11.2012
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES PECULIAR TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR,e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS, CYCLE PROTECTORS; CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To predict danger that an own vehicle enters into a blind corner of other vehicle, and issue a warning to drivers of the own vehicle and the other vehicle.SOLUTION: A vehicle body 4 of a two-wheel vehicle 2 is equipped with an on-vehicle camera 5 for photographing other vehicle 3 in front and a display part 6 for displaying an image photographed by the on-vehicle camera 5. A helmet 7 of a driver D is equipped with an intercom 8 with a speaker for emitting a warning sound. An electronic control device 11 of the two-wheel vehicle 2 comprises: an image processing section 12 for calculating a blind corner area A formed by the other vehicle 3 from image data of the on-vehicle camera 5; a storage section 13 for storing an operation parameter; a control section 14 for outputting a warning command when the own vehicle 2 enters into the blind corner area A; a warning section 15 for triggering the intercom 8 according to the warning command; and a communication section 16 for transmitting the warning command to the other vehicle 3 by means of inter-vehicle communication.