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Alarm system, alarm control apparatus and alarm control program

US7218213B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References
20Claims
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Filing dateMay 24, 2005
Grant dateMay 15, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60W2530/18
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An alarm system includes a miniature camera (10), a loudspeaker (20), a vehicle speed sensor (30), a longitudinal G sensor (40), a lateral G sensor (50) and an on-vehicle unit (60). A CPU (60a) of the on-vehicle unit (60) executes respective programs (61)–(64) in a ROM (60h), thereby outputting, if a traveling distance during a period for which a driver D continues to take an abnormal behavior exceeds a predetermined value when a traveling state of an automobile is kept stable, an alarm corresponding to a magnitude of the excess over the predetermined value from the loudspeaker (20). The alarm system is thus configured and is therefore capable of exactly outputting the alarm when a danger actually rises.

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