Patent ID: 11919533
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 6:
7. The alert apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein,
said control unit is configured to:
determine that a vehicle that has been determined to be said oncoming vehicle has stopped moving, when a longitudinal distance between said host vehicle and said vehicle that has been determined to be said oncoming vehicle is shorter than a predetermined second threshold distance and when an object moving speed of said vehicle that has been determined to be said oncoming vehicle is equal to or lower than a predetermined third threshold speed;
retain a stopped state history indicating that it is determined that said vehicle that has been determined to be said oncoming vehicle has stopped moving, when it is determined that said vehicle that has been determined to be said oncoming vehicle has stopped moving;
cause said alerting device to start alerting if said stopped state history has not been retained when it is determined that said specific condition becomes satisfied; and
prohibit said alerting device from starting alerting if said stopped state history has been retained when it is determined that said specific condition becomes satisfied.