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Granted Patent B2
US 11,390,280 · App. 16/743,757 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Driving assistance apparatus

Inventors: Shogo Ito (Shizuoka-ken, JP); Hirotada Otake (Shizuoka-ken, JP); Kohei Tochigi (Susono, JP); Yuta Ikezawa (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W30/18009B60W10/04B60W10/18B60W50/00B60W2552/05B60W2710/18B60W2720/106
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Patent No.
US 11,390,280
App. No.
16/743,757
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving assistance apparatus is provided with: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle; a controller programmed to execute a deceleration assistance control of assisting in decelerating a host vehicle when a predetermined condition is satisfied; a determinator configured to determine whether or not the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway on the basis of the recognized surrounding situation; and a restraining device configured to restrain execution of the deceleration assistance control by a controller if it is determined that the host vehicle is not traveling on a roadway, in comparison with a situation in which it is determined that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway.

Claims (17)

1. A driving assistance apparatus configured to:

execute a deceleration assistance control of assisting in decelerating a host vehicle when a predetermined condition is satisfied;

determine that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway when there is a traffic light or a stop sign ahead of the host vehicle in a course thereof;

restrain execution of the deceleration assistance control when it is not determined that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway, in comparison with a situation in which it is determined that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway; and

when it is determined that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway when the execution of the deceleration assistance control is prohibited, release prohibition of the execution of the deceleration assistance without requiring a driver's operation.

2. The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , further configured to prohibit the execution of the deceleration assistance control when it is not determined that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway.

3. The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when a distance between a recognized deceleration target and the host vehicle is less than or equal to a predetermined distance, and

when it is not determined that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway, the driving assistance apparatus is configured to restrain the execution of the deceleration assistance control by reducing the predetermined distance, in comparison with the situation in which it is determined that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway.

4. The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , further configured to, when it is not determined that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway, turn off a function associated with the execution of the deceleration assistance control.

5. The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 4 , further configured to, when it is determined that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway when the function is off, turn on the function.

6. The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , further configured to determine that the host vehicle is not traveling on a roadway when it is immediately after switching from ignition off to ignition of or a certain time has not passed since the switching.

7. The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , further configured to determine that the host vehicle is not traveling on a roadway when a shift position is in a predetermined range and a state of being 0 km/h continues for a predetermined time or longer.

8. A driving assistance apparatus configured to:

execute a deceleration assistance control of assisting in decelerating a host vehicle when a predetermined condition is satisfied;

determine that the host vehicle is in a parking lot when a frame line that defines a parking space is recognized;

restrain execution of the deceleration assistance control when it is determined that the host vehicle is in a parking lot, in comparison with a situation in which it is not determined that the host vehicle is in a parking lot; and

when it is determined that the host vehicle is traveling on a roadway when the execution of the deceleration assistance control is prohibited, release prohibition of the execution of the deceleration assistance control without requiring a driver's operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2020
From: ITO, SHOGO; OTAKE, HIROTADA; TOCHIGI, KOHEI; IKEZAWA, YUTA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051587/0360 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-006237 · Jan 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200231156A1 · Jul 23, 2020