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US 2022/0017089 A1Published application
Driving assistance control device of vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroki Aikawa
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Abstract
A device according to the present disclosure is configured to, when it is determined that the road on which a vehicle travels is an uphill road and the speed of the vehicle is controlled such that the vehicle follows a preceding vehicle, in a case where the preceding vehicle is no longer detected, inhibit the acceleration of the vehicle or decelerate the vehicle until it is determined that the road on which the vehicle travels is no longer the uphill road, or alternatively, until a certain period of time elapses.
Claims6
A driving assistance control device of a vehicle, the driving assistance control device comprising:
- a setting vehicle speed acquisition unit configured to acquire a setting vehicle speed set by a driver;
- a preceding vehicle detection unit configured to detect a preceding vehicle on a route of the vehicle;
- an uphill road determination unit configured to determine whether a road on which the vehicle travels is an uphill road;
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- a vehicle speed control unit configured to, when the preceding vehicle is not detected, control a speed of the vehicle such that the speed matches the setting vehicle speed, and when the preceding vehicle is detected, control the speed of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the preceding vehicle,
- wherein the vehicle speed control unit is configured to, when it is determined that the road on which the vehicle travels is the uphill road and when controlling the speed of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the preceding vehicle, in a case where the preceding vehicle is no longer detected, inhibit acceleration of the vehicle until it is determined that the road on which the vehicle travels is no longer the uphill road, or until a certain period of time elapses.
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