Vehicle on-board unit

Details Vehicle on-board unit Vehicle on-board unit

2006-09-07

2009-06-16

Wu, Daniel (Department: 2612)

Communications: electrical

External condition vehicle-mounted indicator or alarm

Transmitter in another vehicle

C340S902000, C340S904000, C340S463000, C340S471000, C340S472000, C340S467000, C340S468000

Reexamination Certificate

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07548173

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle on-board unit of a host vehicle is configured to activate its brake lights upon determining a vehicle traveling condition exists that is indicative of a potentially inadequate safety zone between the host vehicle and a following vehicle. The vehicle on-board unit has a vehicle traveling condition detecting section, an automatic brake light triggering section and a brake light activating section. The vehicle traveling condition detecting section detects the vehicle traveling condition indicative of a potentially inadequate safety zone. The automatic brake light triggering section outputs a brake light activation signal upon determining a predetermined condition has been satisfied based upon the detected vehicle traveling condition. The brake light activating section activates the brake lights without a braking operation being performed upon receiving the brake light activation signal from the automatic brake light triggering section.

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