Patent ID: 8525654
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G01S,G08G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus mounted on a vehicle which detects another vehicle positioned in a blind spot, the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus comprising: a presenting unit configured to present information; at least one microphone which detects a sound; a vehicle sound extracting unit configured to extract a vehicle sound of the other vehicle from the sound detected by the microphone; a sound source direction detecting unit configured to detect a sound source direction of the vehicle sound extracted by the vehicle sound extracting unit; and a vehicle-in-blind-spot determining unit configured to cause the presenting unit to present the information, the information indicating that a the other vehicle is found in a blind spot based on the sound source direction of the vehicle sound detected by the sound source direction detecting unit, which is a first direction representing a direction above the vehicle with the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus with respect to ground level, wherein the first direction has an elevation angle with respect to the vehicle with the vehicle-in-blind-spot detecting apparatus that is greater than 0 degrees.