Patent ID: 11922813
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. An alert control method comprising:
controlling an alert by issuing a first alert if an object in a particular category is present within a region to which a moving body is headed, and issuing a second alert if an object in a category other than the particular category is present within the region to which the moving body is headed;
controlling reception by performing, when the moving body enters a new movement section on a movement route, control for receiving a category of an object present within the new movement section from an external apparatus for determining categories of objects on a basis of movement history information of terminals; and
determining, on a basis of an image acquired by an image capturing apparatus equipped in the moving body, whether there is an object for which an alert is to be issued while the moving body is moving within the new movement section, wherein
when the moving body enters the new movement section, the controlling reception includes performing control for receiving, from the external apparatus, a position and a category of the terminal within the new movement section,
the determining includes determining, on a basis of the image, whether an object for which an alert is to be issued is present at the position received from the external apparatus, and
if it is determined that an object for which an alert is to be issued is present at the position received from the external apparatus, the controlling the alert includes performing, on a basis of the category received from the external apparatus, control as to which of the first and second alerts is to be issued.