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Granted Patent B2
US 11,420,627 · App. 16/937,730 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Driving assistance device

Inventor: Hirotada Otake (Shizuoka-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W30/18009B60W40/105B60W2520/00B60W2540/10B60W2554/80
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Patent No.
US 11,420,627
App. No.
16/937,730
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving assistance device is configured to perform deceleration control in such a way that a vehicle stops at a target position determined by a deceleration target ahead of the vehicle. The driving assistance device is configured to calculate a predicted vehicle speed of the vehicle at the target position when the deceleration control is performed, based on the current vehicle speed of the vehicle, the distance to the target position, and the deceleration that varies depending on the type of the deceleration target. When the predicted vehicle speed is higher than a predetermined value, the driving assistance device is configured not to perform the deceleration control or to reduce the deceleration in the deceleration control.

Claims (5)

1. A driving assistance device configured to perform deceleration control in such a way that a vehicle stops at a target position determined by a deceleration target ahead of the vehicle, wherein:

the driving assistance device is configured to calculate a predicted vehicle speed of the vehicle at the target position when the deceleration control is performed, based on a current vehicle speed of the vehicle, a distance to the target position, and deceleration that varies depending on a type of the deceleration target; and

when the predicted vehicle speed is higher than a predetermined value, the driving assistance device is configured not to perform the deceleration control or to reduce the deceleration in the deceleration control.

2. The driving assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined value is determined according to the type of the deceleration target and a detection likelihood of the deceleration target.

3. The driving assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving assistance device is configured not to perform the deceleration control or to reduce the deceleration in the deceleration control when an accelerator operation for increasing an accelerator operation amount of the vehicle was detected, when an accelerator operation of the vehicle was not detected, or when an accelerator operation for reducing the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle was not detected.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2020
From: OTAKE, HIROTADA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053304/0474 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-202288 · Nov 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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