US 11,814,066 B2
Driving support device
Yuki Murayama, Saitama (JP); Takashi Nishioka, Saitama (JP); Masayuki Sato, Saitama (JP); Tomoko Nishino, Saitama (JP); Kazuasa Suzuki, Saitama (JP); and Yuya Kishimoto, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,838.
Claims priority of application No. 202110334954.6 (CN), filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306141 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 5/44 (2011.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2554/40 (2020.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving support device comprising:
an acoustic unit equipped to a moving body, and which outputs music in response to an operation of an occupant of the moving body;
an outside-world information acquisition unit which acquires outside-world information of surroundings of the moving body;
a relative distance measurement unit which measures a relative distance from a front moving body traveling in front of the moving body, based on the outside-world information acquired by the outside-world information acquisition unit; and
a music control unit which controls the music outputted by the acoustic unit,
wherein the music control unit performs modulation of tone of the music according to the relative distance, if the relative distance becoming no more than a first predetermined distance, in a state of outputting music by the acoustic unit,
wherein the music control unit
delays rhythm of music as approaching the other vehicle traveling head, from a first predetermined distance, the first predetermined distance required for stopping the moving body is taken into account traveling by following, and
when an inter vehicle distance subsequently separates, makes the rhythm of music faster.