US 8,386,119 B2 · Vehicle driving operation support apparatus/process and restraint control

Abstract

A vehicle driving operation support apparatus for a vehicle, includes a sensing section to sense a traveling condition of the vehicle including a surrounding condition inclusive of an obstacle around the vehicle, and a control section to calculate a risk potential for the vehicle in accordance with the traveling condition. The control section performs a support control to support the driver in accordance with the risk potential, and performs an assist control to restrain disturbance (such as vibration from a road) transmitted to the driver in accordance with the risk potential.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A vehicle driving operation support apparatus comprising:

a vehicle condition sensing section configured to sense a vehicle condition of a vehicle;
an obstacle condition sensing section configured to monitor a surrounding condition including an obstacle around the vehicle;
an operation input section configured to allow a driver to input a driving operation to operate the vehicle;
a motion regulating section configured to regulate a movement transmitted to the driver;
and
a control section configured to:
calculate a risk potential for the obstacle in accordance with the vehicle condition and the surrounding condition,
provide an operational reaction to the driving operation in accordance with the risk potential, and
perform an assist control to restrain transmission of disturbances to the driver in accordance with the risk potential by controlling the motion regulating section.

6 more elements

A vehicle driving operation support apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a sensing section configured to sense a traveling condition of the vehicle including a surrounding condition inclusive of an obstacle around the vehicle;
and
a control section configured to:
calculate a risk potential for the vehicle in accordance with the traveling condition,
perform a support control to support the driver in accordance with the risk potential, and
perform an assist control to restrain transmission of disturbances to the driver in accordance with the risk potential.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/710,513Filed 23 Feb 2010

Priority

JP 2009-04694127 Feb 2009

Published

US 2010/0222958 A12 Sep 2010

Granted

26 Feb 2013

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification26 codes

B60W 10/22
Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function: including control of suspension systems
B60G 17/0195
The regulating means comprising electric or electronic elements: characterised by the regulation being combined with other vehicle control systems
B60G 17/08
Characteristics of dampers , e.g. mechanical dampers: characteristics of fluid dampers
B60N 2/508
Seat guided by rods: scissors-like structure

Vehicle driving operation support apparatus/process and restraint control

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Abstract

Claims20