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US 12,630,158 B2Granted
Vehicle control device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTatsuya Nishimoto
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Abstract
The processor, under circumstances where both the first and second conditions that decelerate the own vehicle are met, and deceleration control triggered by the establishment of the first condition is being preferentially executed, controls the image display. This happens when the first target involved in the establishment of the first condition is located outside a specific area extending forward from the own vehicle, which is a part of the detection area of the forward sensor and set as an area visible to the driver. Simultaneously, if the second target involved in the establishment of the second condition is located inside this specific area, the processor displays the second information about the second target on the image display device and does not display the first information about the first target.
Claims15
A vehicle control device comprising:
- a forward sensor for acquiring information about an object existing in front of the own vehicle;
- a vehicle sensor for acquiring information regarding a running state of the own vehicle;
- an image display device that:
- displays first information about a first condition to decelerate the own vehicle, the first condition being based on a preceding vehicle, and
- displays second information about a second condition to decelerate the own vehicle, the second condition being based on a road on which the own vehicle is traveling;
- a processor that:
- detects the first condition and the second condition, based on information acquired from the forward sensor and the vehicle sensor,
- based on detecting the first condition, identifies a first target speed for decelerating the own vehicle, and based on detecting the second condition, identifies a second target speed for decelerating the own vehicle,
- upon detecting a deceleration condition to decelerate the own vehicle, based on information acquired from the forward sensor and vehicle sensor, executes deceleration control to decelerate the own vehicle according to the detected deceleration condition and image display control to display information on the image display device about the detected deceleration condition, and;
- in a situation where the first condition and the second condition for decelerating the own vehicle are simultaneously detected, executes:
- deceleration control to decelerate the own vehicle according to a preferred deceleration condition, among the first condition and the second condition, that has a lesser target speed, among the first target speed and the second target speed, and
- image display control to display one of the first information about the first condition or the second information about the second condition, wherein
- the vehicle control device is configured such that, in a situation where the first condition and the second condition for decelerating the own vehicle are simultaneously detected and the deceleration control according to the first condition is being preferentially executed, if the preceding vehicle is located outside a specific area set as a visually recognizable area by the forward sensor, then the processor displays the second information on the image display device and does not display the first information.
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A vehicle control device comprising:
- a forward sensor for acquiring information about an object existing in front of the own vehicle;
- a vehicle sensor for acquiring information regarding a running state of the own vehicle;
- an image display device that:
- displays first information about a first condition to decelerate the own vehicle, the first condition being based on a preceding vehicle, and
- displays second information about a second condition to decelerate the own vehicle, the second condition being based on a road on which the own vehicle is traveling;
- a processor that:
- detects the first condition and the second condition, based on information acquired from the forward sensor and the vehicle sensor,
- upon detecting the first condition, identifies a first target speed for decelerating the own vehicle, and upon detecting the second condition, identifies a second target speed for decelerating the own vehicle,
- upon detecting one of the first condition or the second condition, executes deceleration control to decelerate the own vehicle and image display control to display information on the image display device about the detected deceleration condition, and
- in a state in which the first condition and the second condition are detected at a same time, executes:
- deceleration control to decelerate the own vehicle according to a preferred deceleration condition, among the first condition and the second condition, that has a lesser target speed, among the first target speed and the second target speed, and
- image display control to display one of the first information or the second information on the image display device, wherein
- based on the preferred deceleration condition corresponding to the first condition, the processor executes the image display control to display, among the first information and the second information, only the second information on the image display device when the preceding vehicle is located outside a specific area set as a visually recognizable area by the forward sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.