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Granted Patent B2
US 9,073,431 · App. 14/230,179 · Granted Jul 7, 2015

Vehicle control system

Inventor: Akio Takahashi (Shioya-gun, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60K28/06B60K28/063B60W2540/24
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Patent No.
US 9,073,431
App. No.
14/230,179
Granted
Jul 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control system includes an alcohol detector which detects an alcohol intake level of a driver of a vehicle; and a controller which determines whether the driver is a drunk person based on a detection result obtained from the alcohol detector, and which stops the vehicle when a determination result that the driver is the drunk person is obtained. After a door of the vehicle is switched from a closed state to an open state, and before an operation of a start-up of the vehicle is performed, the controller controls the alcohol detector so that a detection of the alcohol intake level is started, and allows a travelling of the vehicle before the detection result is output from the alcohol detector.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle control system comprising:

an alcohol detector which detects an alcohol intake level of a driver of a vehicle; and

a controller which determines whether the driver is a drunk person based on a detection result obtained from the alcohol detector, and which stops the vehicle when a determination result that the driver is the drunk person is obtained,

wherein after a door of the vehicle is switched from a closed state to an open state, and before an operation of a start-up of the vehicle is performed, the controller controls the alcohol detector so that a detection of the alcohol intake level is started, and allows a travelling of the vehicle before the detection result is output from the alcohol detector,

the controller regulates a speed of the vehicle to a predetermined speed or less until a determination result indicating whether the driver is a drunk person is obtained, and

the controller cancels the speed regulation of the vehicle when the controller determines that the driver is not a drunk person.

2. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a reporting device that is controllable by the controller,

wherein when the controller controls the alcohol detector so that the detection of the alcohol intake level is started, the controller controls the reporting device so that at least one of a first information and a second information is reported to the driver,

the first information indicating that the vehicle stops within a predetermined time in a case where the determination result that the driver is the drunk person is obtained, and

the second information indicating that the speed of the vehicle is regulated to the predetermined speed or less until the determination result indicating whether the driver is a drunk person is obtained.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2014
From: TAKAHASHI, AKIO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032567/0708 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-077068 · Apr 2, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140297061A1 · Oct 2, 2014