Vehicle and control method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKenji Komori
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Abstract
A vehicle comprises a motor configured to wind a seat belt provided in the vehicle; a first detection unit configured to detect a following vehicle while the vehicle is traveling; a second detection unit configured to detect a preceding vehicle while the vehicle is traveling; a determination unit configured to determine a risk that the following vehicle that is detected by the first detection unit will collide with the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control winding of the seat belt by changing a winding speed of the seat belt by the motor in a case when the determination unit determines that there is the risk.
Claims10
A vehicle comprising:
- a motor configured to wind a seat belt provided in the vehicle;
- camera sensors that images surrounding environment of the vehicle;
- a storage device that stores instructions;
- and
- at least one processor that executes the instructions to:
- detect a following vehicle while the vehicle is traveling using the camera sensors;
- detect a preceding vehicle while the vehicle is traveling using the camera sensors;
- determine a risk that the detected following vehicle will collide with the vehicle;
- and
- control winding of the seat belt by changing a winding speed of the seat belt by the motor in a case when it is determined that there is the risk,
- wherein the at least one processor executes instructions in the storage device to, in a case where it is determined that there is the risk,
- when the preceding vehicle is not detected, wind the seat belt at a first speed, and
- when the preceding vehicle is detected, wind the seat belt at a second speed faster than the first speed.
A control method of a motor seat belt provided in a vehicle, the control method comprising:
- detecting a following vehicle while the vehicle is traveling;
- detecting a preceding vehicle while the vehicle is traveling;
- determining a risk that the following vehicle that is detected in the detecting the following vehicle will collide with the vehicle;
- and
- controlling winding of a seat belt by changing a winding speed of the seat belt by a motor in a case when the determining determines that there is the risk,
- wherein the controlling winding of the seat belt includes:
- in a case where it is determined that there is the risk,
- when the preceding vehicle is not detected, winding the seat belt at a first speed, and
- when the preceding vehicle is detected, winding the seat belt at a second speed faster than the first speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.