Vehicle information processing device, vehicle, and vehicle information processing method
US7020544B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C21/3641
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An in-vehicle device, a vehicle, and a vehicle information processing method, which are used, for example, to assist in driving an automobile and can properly communicate a vehicle situation to a driver. Methods and mechanisms express user's handling of the vehicle by virtual feelings on the assumption that the vehicle has a personality, and displays the virtual feelings by facial expressions of a predetermined character.
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