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US 2024/0317137 A1Published application
Driving Assistance Device and Non-transitory storage medium storing a Driving Assistance Program
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuto TAGASHIRA, Kazuki FUKAZAWA
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Abstract
The processor controls the notification device to issue an alert when it detects an obstacle within a predetermined first alert target area extending rearward from the own vehicle in a first situation, where neither the tailgate TG nor the cargo protrudes beyond the rear end of the rear bumper RB. In a second situation, where a part of the opened tailgate TG or part of the cargo protrudes beyond the rear end of the rear bumper RB, the processor controls the notification device to issue an alert when an obstacle OB is detected within a second alert target area, which is extended or offset rearward from the first alert target area.
Claims5
A driving assistance device comprising:
- a rear sensor for acquiring information about obstacles located behind the own vehicle;
- and
- a processor for controlling the own vehicle's notification device to issue a predetermined alert to the driver of the own vehicle when it detects the presence of an obstacle behind the own vehicle based on the information obtained from the rear sensor;
- wherein
- the processor is configured such that:
- in a first situation where the own vehicle's tailgate and cargo do not protrude rearward beyond the rear end of the rear bumper, the notification device is controlled to issue an alert when an obstacle is detected within a predetermined first alert target area extending rearward;
- and
- in a second situation where a part of the opened tailgate or part of the cargo protrudes rearward beyond the rear end of the rear bumper, the notification device is controlled to issue an alert when an obstacle is detected within a second alert target area, which is extended or offset rearward from the first alert target area.
5 more elements
A driving assistance device comprising:
- a rear sensor for acquiring information about obstacles located behind the own vehicle;
- and
- a processor for controlling the own vehicle's notification device to issue a predetermined alert to the driver of the own vehicle when it detects the presence of an obstacle within an alert target area extending rearward based on the information obtained from the rear sensor;
- wherein
- the processor is configured such that:
- in a first situation where the own vehicle's tailgate and cargo do not protrude rearward beyond the rear end of the rear bumper, the notification device is controlled to issue a first alert when an obstacle is detected within a first section of the alert area;
- and
- in a second situation where a part of the opened tailgate or part of the cargo protrudes rearward beyond the rear end of the rear bumper, the notification device is controlled to issue a second, higher-level alert than the first alert when an obstacle is detected within the first section.
5 more elements
A non-transitory storage medium storing a driving assistance program for
- causing a computer equipped in the own vehicle to execute:
- an information acquisition step for acquiring information about obstacles located behind the own vehicle;
- and
- an alert step for controlling the own vehicle's notification device to issue a predetermined alert to the driver when it is detected that an obstacle exists in the rearward extending alert target area based on the information obtained from the rear sensor;
- wherein
- the alert step is configured to include a step such that:
- in a first situation where the own vehicle's tailgate and cargo do not protrude rearward beyond the rear end of the rear bumper, the notification device is controlled to issue an alert when an obstacle is detected within a predetermined first alert target area extending rearward;
- and
- in a second situation where a part of the opened tailgate or part of the cargo protrudes rearward beyond the rear end of the rear bumper, the notification device is controlled to issue an alert when an obstacle is detected within a second alert target area, which is extended or offset rearward from the first alert target area.
6 more elements
A non-transitory storage medium storing a driving assistance program for
- causing a computer equipped in the own vehicle to execute:
- an information acquisition step for acquiring information about obstacles located behind the own vehicle;
- and
- an alert step for controlling the own vehicle's notification device to issue a predetermined alert to the driver when it is detected that an obstacle exists within the alert target area extending rearward based on the information obtained from the rear sensor;
- wherein
- the alert step is configured to include a step such that:
- in a first situation where the own vehicle's tailgate and cargo do not protrude rearward beyond the rear end of the rear bumper, the notification device is controlled to issue a first alert when an obstacle is detected within a first section of the alert area;
- and
- in a second situation where a part of the opened tailgate or part of the cargo protrudes rearward beyond the rear end of the rear bumper, the notification device is controlled to issue a second, higher-level alert than the first alert when an obstacle is detected within the first section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.