IP Library Granted Patent US 11,945,474
Granted Patent B2
US 11,945,474 · App. 17/329,838 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Driving assistance apparatus, and vehicle

Inventors: Takehito Sato (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Nojiri (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Fukumoto (Tokyo, JP); Yoshimasa Okabe (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B60W60/0054B60W60/0059G06V20/56B60W2420/42
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Patent No.
US 11,945,474
App. No.
17/329,838
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving assistance apparatus configured to support a driving of a vehicle at a time of pulling out of the vehicle, the driving assistance apparatus including: a control section configured to determine a movement path from a parking space to a predetermined position of a road region, and run the vehicle along the movement path on a basis of surroundings information of the vehicle when pulling out the vehicle from the parking space to the road region, wherein the control section leaves an accelerator operation for the vehicle to a user while automatically controlling a steering operation for the vehicle at least in a section in the movement path, and switches from an automated driving mode to a manual driving mode in response to the steering operation that is performed by the user when the vehicle travels in the section.

Claims (13)

1. A driving assistance apparatus configured to support a driving of a vehicle at a time of pulling out of the vehicle from a parking space to a pulling-out completion position, the driving assistance apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory including a control program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations including:

receiving an input of sensor information from a sensor, the sensor configured to monitor surroundings of the vehicle; and

determining a movement path from a parking space, which is an initial position of the vehicle, to the pulling-out completion position, which is a predetermined position of a road region, and moving the vehicle along the movement path on a basis of surroundings information of the vehicle, the surroundings information being received when pulling out the vehicle from the parking space to the road region,

wherein the processor leaves an accelerator operation for the vehicle to a user while automatically controlling a steering operation for the vehicle as a first automated driving mode at least in a first section from an intermediate position to the predetermined position in the movement path, and switches from an automated driving mode to a manual driving mode in response to the steering operation being performed by the user when the vehicle travels in the first section,

the processor automatically controls the accelerator operation and the steering operation for the vehicle as a second automated driving mode in a second section from the initial position to the intermediate position in the movement path,

the intermediate position is a position where no turning movement is required in the movement path from the intermediate position to the predetermined position,

the intermediate position is a position where the vehicle has entered the road region by a predetermined distance from the initial position, and

the processor switches from the second automated driving mode to the first automated driving mode at the intermediate position where the vehicle has entered the road region by a predetermined distance from the initial position.

2. The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the vehicle travels in the first section and a steering angle of the vehicle becomes a threshold value or smaller, the processor notifies the user to perform the steering operation.

3. The driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at the intermediate position, the processor temporarily stops the vehicle and notifies the user to perform the accelerator operation.

4. A vehicle comprising the driving assistance apparatus according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0702 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2022
From: SATO, TAKEHITO; NOJIRI, ATSUSHI; FUKUMOTO, SATOSHI; OKABE, YOSHIMASA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058611/0493 →
Continuity (1)
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