JP3177394U - Vehicle alert device - Google Patents

Abstract

A vehicle alert device for preventing a collision between a left-hand passing vehicle and an opposite-right turn vehicle by notifying a driver of the left-passing vehicle that there is an opposite right-turn vehicle in the blind spot of the host vehicle. I will provide a.
A hand switch or a passing light interlocking switch S1, a flasher unit S2, and a light emitting part S3 attached to the left side surface of the vehicle. The light emitting unit S3 is installed on the left side of the vehicle. The flasher unit S2 is provided in the vehicle and causes the light emitting unit S3 to emit light. The flasher unit S2 is operated by the switch S1 provided in the driver's seat to cause the light emitting unit S3 to emit light. The switch S1 is interlocked with the passing light switch, and the light emitting unit S3 emits light at the same time as the passing light is turned on.
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Description

      The present invention relates to a vehicle alert device, and more particularly, to a driver of a left-side passing vehicle by notifying the driver of the left-side passing vehicle that an opposing right-turn vehicle exists in the blind spot of the own vehicle, thereby The present invention relates to a vehicle alert device for preventing a vehicle collision accident.

      As shown in FIG. 2, in recent years, the front of the intersection is congested, and the own vehicle 1 waiting in front of the intersection may give way to the opposite right turn vehicle 2 and the right turn vehicle 2 may start making a right turn. (At this time, the right-turn vehicle tends to turn right because it is given away.) In such a situation, it contacts the left-side passing vehicle 3 or the left-side passing two-wheeled vehicle 4 trying to pass the left side of the own vehicle 1. Accidents (Thank you accidents) occur frequently. In order to prevent such an accident, many safe driving support systems using sensors and wireless communication systems have been proposed.

JP2011-164760 JP2009-289289

  A vehicle driving support device described in Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 has been proposed. In Patent Document 1, the oncoming vehicle right-turn vehicle or the left-hand passing vehicle is detected by a sensor, and a warning is given to the oncoming vehicle right-turn vehicle by some method after predicting the occurrence of a thank you accident. However, there are some problems as follows.

  The first point is that the system itself is complicated and difficult to introduce in popular vehicles and commercial vehicles from a cost standpoint.

  The second point is that the vehicle that gives the warning is on the oncoming vehicle. Since the oncoming vehicle turns to the right, of course there is a certain degree of foreseeable danger in the course, but the left-passing vehicle is considered to be in a straight running state with priority, and almost no danger is expected in the forward direction. There is a problem with the selection of the warning target because it is running without showing.

  In Patent Document 2, a danger prediction sensor is installed on the road, and the vehicle is equipped with a receiver for receiving a warning. For this reason, the system itself becomes large-scale, and it is difficult to easily disseminate it because it requires enormous costs and labor to operate the system on a nationwide scale.

  It can be said that the warning target for preventing a thank-you accident is more effective when the vehicle is about to pass the left side than the oncoming vehicle.

  Also, without using expensive equipment such as sensors or wireless communication, the presence of a right-turn vehicle from the oncoming lane is confirmed by flashing or flashing a warning light attached to the left side of the vehicle on a vehicle that is about to pass through the side. News and encounters can prevent collisions.

  A special switch is used when thinking of giving up the course to the oncoming vehicle, which causes a thank you accident, or the passing of the headlight is often used as a means of communicating that intention. By linking the lights and warning lights, a warning is given to vehicles on the left side.

  A thank you accident occurs when you give way to a right-turn vehicle facing you in a traffic jam. At this time, the occurrence of an accident can be reduced by giving some warning to the vehicle that tries to pass through the side of the vehicle.

System diagram The example of operation | movement of the positional relationship of the own vehicle and other vehicles in the vicinity of an intersection, and a vehicle alert device. The positional relationship of the own vehicle when the own vehicle is a large vehicle, an opposite right turn vehicle, and a left side passing vehicle, and an operation example of the vehicle alert device.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention comprises a hand switch or passing light interlocking switch S1, a flasher unit S2, and a light emitting part S3 attached to the left side of the vehicle. The light emitting unit S3 is installed on the left side of the vehicle. The flasher unit S2 is provided in the vehicle and causes the light emitting unit S3 to emit light. The flasher unit S2 is operated by the switch S1 provided in the driver's seat to cause the light emitting unit S3 to emit light. The switch S1 is interlocked with the passing light switch, and the light emitting part S3 emits light at the same time as the passing light is turned on. The switch S1 may be provided separately from the passing light switch.

  As shown in FIG. 2, as a requirement for a thank you accident, it must be in an intersection, the vehicle 1 in front of the traveling direction is congested and cannot enter the intersection, and there is an opposite right turn vehicle 2. For example, there is a left side passing vehicle 3 or a left side passing two-wheeled vehicle 4 that is about to pass the left side of the host vehicle 1.

  In general, when the own vehicle 1 yields to the opposite right-turn vehicle, a signal by the passing light T1 is used as a means of communication.

  In this case, since the intention is not transmitted to the left-side passing vehicle 3 or the left-side passing motorcycle 4, the vehicle is in a normal traveling state and no danger is predicted.

  Therefore, the right turn vehicle is present at the front intersection by the light emission T2 of the light emitting portion S3 attached to the left side of the vehicle 3 and the left side passing two-wheeled vehicle 4 at the same time as the intention to give the course to the opposite right-turning vehicle 2 is displayed. The occurrence of an accident is suppressed by informing and warning.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in particular, when the host vehicle 1 is a large vehicle, the left passing vehicle 3 becomes the blind spot of the host vehicle 1, and the opposite right turn vehicle 2 cannot be seen at all. The warning effect by the light emission T2 is further increased.

  The present invention is directed to a vehicle warning device for preventing a collision between a left-hand passing vehicle and an opposing right turn vehicle by notifying a driver of the left passing vehicle that there is an opposing right turn vehicle in the blind spot of the own vehicle. Etc. are available.

S1 Hand switch (or passing light interlock switch)
S2 Flasher unit S3 Light emitting part 1 Own vehicle 2 Opposite right turn vehicle 3 Left side passing vehicle 4 Left side passing two-wheeled vehicle T1 Passing light lighting T2 Warning by flashing lighting of warning device

Claims (2)

A vehicle alert device having a light emitting unit provided on a left side surface of a vehicle, a flasher unit for emitting light from the light emitting unit, and a lighting switch for operating the flasher unit to emit light from the light emitting unit.

2. The vehicle alert device according to claim 1, wherein the lighting switch is interlocked with a passing light switch.

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