US 10,807,573 B2Granted

Driving assistance control apparatus of vehicle

AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, The University of Tokyo

InventorsShintaro Inoue, Hideo Inoue, Pongsathorn Raksincharoensak, Yuichi Saito, Masao Nagai, Takuma Ito, Tsukasa Shimizu

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Abstract

A driving assistance control apparatus of a vehicle includes a blind area detector, a driving operation detector, and an electronic control unit. The blind area detector is configured to detect the presence or absence of a blind area as seen from the vehicle in a traveling direction of the vehicle. The driving operation detector is configured to detect driving operation of the driver. The electronic control unit is configured to perform automatic deceleration control of the vehicle based on detection of the presence of the blind area by the blind area detector. The electronic control unit is configured to start the automatic deceleration control, by referring to the driving operation of the driver after detection of the presence of the blind area by the blind area detector.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A driving assistance control apparatus of a vehicle, comprising:

a blind area detector configured to detect a blind area associated with a potential risk in front of the vehicle;
a driving operation detector configured to detect a braking operation or a steering operation performed by a driver of the vehicle to avoid the potential risk in front of the vehicle;
and
an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to:
determine whether the braking operation or the steering operation is performed by the driver of the vehicle within a threshold timeframe after detection of the blind area;
execute braking control before the threshold timeframe elapses, to avoid the potential risk in front of the vehicle, in response to determining that the braking operation of the steering operation is performed by the driver within the threshold timeframe;
and
execute the braking control after the threshold timeframe elapses, to avoid the potential risk in front of the vehicle, based on determining that the braking operation or the steering operation is not performed by the driver within the threshold timeframe.

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Facts

Application: 15/587,844Filed 5 May 2017
Priority: JP 2016-09759516 May 2016
Published: US 2017/0327094 A116 Nov 2017
Granted: 20 Oct 2020
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Classification16 codes

B60T 7/22
For automatic initiation; for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger: initiated by contact of vehicle, e.g. bumper, with an…
B60W 30/09
Active safety systems predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision or attempting to minimise its consequences: taking automatic action…
B62D 15/02
Steering not otherwise provided for: steering position indicators ; Steering position determination; Steering aids
B60T 2201/022
Active or adaptive cruise control system; Distance control: collision avoidance systems