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

Claim 5:
6. The alert apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein,
said alert device includes a speaker configured to generate a sound and a display configured to display a figure; and
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 both of said speaker and said display to operate to start alerting, if said stopped state history has not been retained when it is determined that said specific condition becomes satisfied; and
cause said speaker to operate, without causing said display to operate, to start alerting if said stopped state history has been retained when it is determined that said specific condition becomes satisfied.