Patent ID: 7042344

Claim:
An alarming system for vehicle comprising: obstacle detecting means for detecting obstacle data which is data related to a position of an obstacle existing on a side of a vehicle and in front thereof; a computer for computing the obstacle data output from the obstacle detecting means; and alarming means for alarming occupants of the vehicle based on an instruction from the computer; which are mounted in the vehicle, wherein the computer includes: an alarming area setting function which sets, as an alarming area, a range having a certain distance from a side part of the vehicle and an extended line of the side part in a forward direction of the vehicle, in an outward direction lateral to the side part of the vehicle; an obstacle tracking function which tracks the obstacle based on the obstacle data detected by the obstacle detecting means; a traveling locus calculating function which calculates a traveling locus, relative to the vehicle, of the obstacle tracked by the obstacle tracking function, and predicts the traveling locus of the obstacle; a traveling locus determining function which determines whether the traveling locus of the obstacle predicted by the traveling locus calculating function enters into the alarming area; and an alarm generating function which gives an alarm to the occupants by the alarming means when the traveling locus determining function determines that the traveling locus of the obstacle enters into the alarming area.