Driving support apparatus and driving support method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshitaka Fujita
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Abstract
The invention is equipped with a travelable range detection device that detects a travelable range of a vehicle, a traveling control device that controls the vehicle such that the vehicle travels in the travelable range detected by the travelable range detection device, a vehicle control device that controls a behavior of the vehicle, and a controller that executes control to suppress a controlled variable of the traveling control device until a driver's follow-up operation for causing the vehicle to follow the travelable range by the vehicle control device is detected after start of control of the traveling control device.
Claims10
A driving support apparatus comprising:
- a travelable range detection device configured to detect a travelable range of a vehicle;
- a traveling control device configured to control the vehicle such that the vehicle travels in the travelable range detected by the travelable range detection device;
- a vehicle control device configured to control a behavior of the vehicle;
- and
- a controller configured to control the traveling control device and configured to execute control to gradually reduce an amount of support in automatic driving until a follow-up operation which causes the vehicle to follow the travelable range is detected after start of control of the traveling control device, the follow-up operation being carried out by a driver with the vehicle control device, wherein the controller is configured to execute control to gradually reduce the amount of support in automatic driving after starting control of the traveling control device, and the controller is configured to continue controlling the traveling control device by reducing the amount of reduction of the amount of support in automatic driving when the follow-up operation is detected after reducing the amount in automatic driving.
A driving support method that is carried out by a driving support apparatus, wherein
- the driving support apparatus includes a travelable range detection device, a traveling control device, a vehicle control device, and a controller,
- the travelable range detection device is configured to detect a travelable range of a vehicle,
- the traveling control device is configured to control the vehicle such that the vehicle travels in the travelable range detected by the travelable range detection device, and
- the vehicle control device is configured to control a behavior of the vehicle,
- the driving support method comprising
- a control step that is executed by the controller to reduce an amount of support in automatic driving until a follow-up operation which causes the vehicle to follow the travelable range is detected after start of control of the traveling control device, the follow-up operation being carried out by a driver with the vehicle control device wherein the control step includes reducing the amount of support in automatic driving after start of control of the traveling control device, and continuing control of the traveling control device by reducing the amount of reduction of the amount of support in automatic driving when the follow-up operation is detected after reducing the amount of support in automatic driving.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.