Reverse support apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuki Minase, Masayuki Shakutsui, Ichiya Shimomura
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Abstract
A reverse support apparatus comprises a storage device in which a forward path passed by a vehicle when the vehicle travels forward is stored, and a controller configured to be able to execute a reverse support control for the vehicle to travel backward along the forward path. The controller makes a suggestion to a driver of the vehicle to execute the reverse support control, when it is determined that a suggestion condition is satisfied based on a situation around the vehicle or a backward path passed by the vehicle when the vehicle travels backward. The controller executes the reverse support control when the driver consents the suggestion.
Claims4
A reverse support apparatus comprising:
- a storage in which a forward path passed by a vehicle when the vehicle travels forward is stored;
- and
- a controller configured to be able to execute a reverse support control for the vehicle to travel backward along the forward path,
- wherein,
- the controller is configured to:
- make a suggestion to a driver of the vehicle to execute the reverse support control, when it is determined that a suggestion condition is satisfied based on a situation around the vehicle or a backward path passed by the vehicle when the vehicle travels backward;
- and
- execute the reverse support control when the driver consents the suggestion, wherein,
- the controller is configured to:
- make the suggestion condition easier to be satisfied, as the number of times the driver consents the suggestion increases;
- and
- make the suggestion condition more difficult to be satisfied, as the number of times the driver refuses the suggestion increases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.