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Granted Patent B2
US 11,535,297 · App. 17/136,305 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Driving support system

Inventors: Kumiko Miyano (Susono, JP); Miyuki Kamatani (Hadano, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D15/0265
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Patent No.
US 11,535,297
App. No.
17/136,305
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving support system that supports driving of a vehicle executes steering support control that steers the vehicle in a first direction away from a risk factor in front of the vehicle. A target steering amount in the steering support control is represented by a function of a relative relationship parameter including a lateral distance between the vehicle and the risk factor. A straight road is a road having a curvature less than a first curvature. A curved road is a road having a curvature equal to or greater than the first curvature. When a road ahead from the vehicle to the risk factor includes the curved road, the driving support system reduces the target steering amount for the same relative relationship parameter or advances a start timing of the steering support control as compared to when the road ahead is the straight road.

Claims (17)

1. A driving support system that supports driving of a vehicle, the driving support system comprising:

a storage device that stores driving environment information indicating a driving environment of the vehicle; and

a processor that executes steering support control for steering the vehicle in a first direction away from a risk factor in front of the vehicle based on the driving environment information, wherein:

a target steering amount in the steering support control is represented by a function of a relative relationship parameter including a lateral distance between the vehicle and the risk factor;

a straight road is a road having a curvature less than a first curvature;

a curved road is a road having a curvature equal to or greater than the first curvature;

when a road ahead from the vehicle to the risk factor includes the curved road, the processor reduces the target steering amount for the same relative relationship parameter or advances a start timing of the steering support control as compared to when the road ahead is the straight road;

the processor sets a start timing of the steering support control to a timing delayed from a reference timing by a delay time;

when the road ahead from the vehicle to the risk factor includes the curved road, the processor sets the delay time to a second delay time;

when the road ahead is the straight road, the processor sets the delay time to a first delay time; and

the second delay time is shorter than the first delay time.

2. The driving support system according to claim 1 , wherein when the road ahead includes the curved road and the first direction is opposite to a curved direction of the curved road, the processor reduces the target steering amount for the same relative relationship parameter or advances the start timing of the steering support control as compared to when the first direction coincides with the curved direction.

3. The driving support system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor reduces the target steering amount for the same relative relationship parameter or advances the start timing of the steering support control as the curvature of the curved road increases.

4. The driving support system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor sets a risk region around the risk factor and executes the steering support control such that the vehicle avoids the risk region; and

the processor reduces the target steering amount for the same relative relationship parameter by reducing the risk region.

5. The driving support system according to claim 1 , wherein the risk factor includes at least one of a pedestrian, a bicycle, a two-wheeled vehicle, and a parked vehicle in front of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2020
From: MIYANO, KUMIKO; KAMATANI, MIYUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054768/0846 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-043105 · Mar 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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