IP Library Granted Patent US 11,435,197
Granted Patent B2
US 11,435,197 · App. 16/637,977 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Driving assistance system, route guidance system, driving assistance method, and driving assistance program

Inventors: Sadahiro Koshiba (Takahama, JP); Kazuteru Maekawa (Miyoshi, JP); Seiji Takahata (Nishio, JP); Takahiro Yamaguchi (Okazaki, JP); Shingo Kinashi (Okazaki, JP); Yuji Sato (Owariasahi, JP); Hironobu Sugimoto (Nagoya, JP); Xin Jin (Nagoya, JP); Hiroaki Sakakibara (Nagoya, JP)
Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G01C21/3415G08G1/09626
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Patent No.
US 11,435,197
App. No.
16/637,977
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving assistance systems, methods, and programs are capable of communicating with a route guidance system that searches for a planned travel route of a vehicle and provides guidance on the planned travel route. The systems, methods, and programs accept, as input, the planned travel route from the route guidance system as a route for driving assistance and provide driving assistance of the vehicle on the route for driving assistance. The systems, methods, and programs accept, as input, when the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system no longer matches the route for driving assistance, the planned travel route from the route guidance system.

Claims (29)

1. A driving assistance system capable of communicating with a route guidance system that searches for a planned travel route of a vehicle and provides guidance on the planned travel route, the driving assistance system comprising:

a processor programmed to:

accept, as input, the planned travel route from the route guidance system as a route for driving assistance;

provide driving assistance of the vehicle on the route for driving assistance; and

accept, as input, when the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system no longer matches the route for driving assistance, the planned travel route from the route guidance system as an updated route for driving assistance.

2. The driving assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to:

determine that the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system matches the route for driving assistance, when versions of the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system and the route for driving assistance match each other.

3. The driving assistance system according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is programmed to:

determine whether versions of the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system and the route for driving assistance match each other, every time the vehicle approaches a divergence point on the planned travel route.

4. The driving assistance system according to claim 2 , wherein a version of the planned travel route obtained before rerouting differs from a version of a version of the planned travel route obtained after the rerouting.

5. The driving assistance system according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is programmed to:

stop, when a version of the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system cannot be inputted from the route guidance system, the driving assistance of the vehicle on the route for driving assistance.

6. The driving assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein when the processor is programmed to:

stop, when the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system no longer matches the route for driving assistance, and the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system cannot be inputted from the route guidance system, the driving assistance of the vehicle on the route for driving assistance.

7. The driving assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to:

discard, when the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system no longer matches the route for driving assistance, the route for driving assistance.

8. A route guidance system capable of communicating with a driving assistance system that creates a driving assistance plan of a vehicle on a planned travel route, the route guidance system comprising:

a processor programmed to:

search for a planned travel route of the vehicle and provides guidance on the planned travel route;

output the planned travel route to the driving assistance system as a route for driving assistance; and

re-output, when the planned travel route no longer matches the route for driving assistance provide to the driving assistance system, the planned travel route to the driving assistance system as an updated route for driving assistance.

9. A driving assistance method performed by a driving assistance system capable of communicating with a route guidance system that searches for a planned travel route of a vehicle and provides guidance on the planned travel route, the driving assistance method comprising:

accepting, as input, the planned travel route from the route guidance system as a route for driving assistance;

providing driving assistance of the vehicle on the route for driving assistance; and

accepting, when the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system no longer matches the route for driving assistance, the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system from the route guidance system as an updated route for driving assistance.

10. A computer-readable storage medium storing a driving assistance program causing a computer to function as a driving assistance system capable of communicating with a route guidance system that searches for a planned travel route of a vehicle and provides guidance on the planned travel route, the driving assistance program causing the computer to perform functions comprising:

accepting, as input, the planned travel route from the route guidance system as a route for driving assistance;

providing driving assistance of the vehicle on the route for driving assistance; and

accepting, as input, when the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system no longer matches the route for driving assistance, the planned travel route from the route guidance system as an updated route for driving assistance.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 13, 2021
From: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058487/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2020
From: KOSHIBA, SADAHIRO; MAEKAWA, KAZUTERU; TAKAHATA, SEIJI; YAMAGUCHI, TAKAHIRO; KINASHI, SHINGO; SATO, YUJI; SUGIMOTO, HIRONOBU; JIN, XIN; SAKAKIBARA, HIROAKI
To: AISIN AW CO., LTD.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051771/0648 →