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US 8,712,640 B2Granted
Vehicle driving assistance apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenta Kawakami, Yoshihiro Urai
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AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenta Kawakami, Yoshihiro Urai
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In a vehicle driving assistance apparatus having an electric motor to impart steering torque to the driver and a driving control unit that conducts collision avoidance assistance control and other steering control including lane departure prevention control, power steering control and parking assistance control for providing assistance during parking of the vehicle, when a warning for alerting the driver is made by imparting torque to the steering wheel via the motor, the control input of the other steering control is suppressed, i.e. is reduced during either the first predetermined time before warning or the second predetermined time after warning. Owing to this configuration, the driver can be enabled to perceive the warning without fail even when another steering control is performed in parallel.
An apparatus for assisting driving of a vehicle having a steering wheel adapted to be manipulated by a driver, and a device to impart torque to the steering wheel when supplied with a control input;
A method of assisting driving of a vehicle having a steering wheel adapted to be manipulated by a driver, and a device to impart torque to the steering wheel when supplied with a control input;
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About 4 years 11 months of term left · ends 15 Sep 2031 (estimated)
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a vehicle driving assistance apparatus, more specifically to an apparatus having an actuator for applying torque to the steering wheel of a vehicle, wherein the actuator is utilized for implementing a number of kinds of control, including collision avoidance assistance control and lane departure prevention control, and for ensuring perceptibility of warnings at the time of making them to the vehicle driver.
2. Description of the Related Art
The above and other objects and advantages of the invention will be more apparent from the following description and drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view showing a vehicle driving assistance apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a vehicle on which the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is mounted;
A preferred embodiment for implementing the vehicle driving assistance apparatus according to this invention is explained in the following with reference to the attached drawing.
FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view showing the vehicle driving assistance apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a vehicle on which the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is mounted.
Symbol 10 in FIG. 1 designates the vehicle driving assistance apparatus. The apparatus 10 is installed in a vehicle (automobile) 16 whose drive wheels W are supplied through an automatic transmission (denoted T/M in FIG. 1) 14 with power from an internal combustion engine (denoted ENG in FIG. 1; hereinafter called simply “engine”) 12. The system 10 is equipped with a controller 18, brake actuator 20, EPS (Electric Power Steering) actuator 22, and warning device 24.