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Granted Patent B2
US 9,956,955 · App. 14/785,455 · Granted May 1, 2018

Driving assistance system

Inventor: Haruki Oguri (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 9,956,955
App. No.
14/785,455
Granted
May 1, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving assistance system includes a stop assistance controller, an assistance necessity determining unit, and a determining position arithmetic unit. The stop assistance controller is configured to perform stop assistance of an own vehicle. The assistance necessity determining unit is configured to determine whether it is necessary to perform the stop assistance of the own vehicle based on a stop determining position where it is determined whether to perform the stop assistance of the own vehicle and a predicted display state of a traffic signal at a time the own vehicle arrives at the stop determining position. The determining position arithmetic unit is configured to determine the stop determining position according to a current display state of the traffic signal.

Claims (17)

1. A driving assistance system comprising:

a stop assistance controller configured to perform stop assistance of an own vehicle;

an assistance necessity determining unit configured to determine whether it is necessary to perform the stop assistance of the own vehicle based on a stop determining position where it is determined whether to perform the stop assistance of the own vehicle and a predicted result of a display state of a traffic signal at a time the own vehicle arrives at the stop determining position; and

a determining position arithmetic unit configured to change the stop determining position according to a current display state of the traffic signal.

2. The driving assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the determining position arithmetic unit is configured to change the stop determining position to a position a predetermined distance before a position of a stop line at a time the current display state of the traffic signal is an entry prohibition state.

3. The driving assistance system according to claim 2 , wherein the determining position arithmetic unit is configured to change the stop determining position further away from a stop line and closer to the own vehicle as a current speed of the own vehicle increases.

4. The driving assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the determining position arithmetic unit is configured to change the stop determining position more to a position further away from a stop line and closer to the own vehicle as a current speed of the own vehicle increases.

5. The driving assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the determining position arithmetic unit is configured to change the stop determining position to a position where a driver who recognizes the display state starts decelerating operation at a time the current display state of the traffic signal is an entry prohibition state.

6. A driving assistance system comprising:

an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to:

perform stop assistance of an own vehicle;

determine whether it is necessary to perform the stop assistance of the own vehicle based on a stop determining position where it is determined whether to perform the stop assistance of the own vehicle and a predicted result of a display state of a traffic signal at a time the own vehicle arrives at the stop determining position; and

change the stop determining position according to a current display state of the traffic signal.

7. The driving assistance system according to claim 6 , wherein the ECU is configured to change the stop determining position to a position a predetermined distance before a position of a stop line at a time the current display state of the traffic signal is an entry prohibition state.

8. The driving assistance system according to claim 7 , wherein the ECU is configured to change the stop determining position further away from a stop line and closer to the own vehicle as a current speed of the own vehicle increases.

9. The driving assistance system according to claim 6 , wherein the ECU is configured to change the stop determining position more to a position further away from a stop line and closer to the own vehicle as a current speed of the own vehicle increases.

10. The driving assistance system according to claim 6 , wherein the ECU is configured to change the stop determining position to a position where a driver who recognizes the display state starts decelerating operation at a time the current display state of the traffic signal is an entry prohibition state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2015
From: OGURI, HARUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036822/0053 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160075330A1 · Mar 17, 2016