IP Library Granted Patent US 12,415,533
Granted Patent B2
US 12,415,533 · App. 18/190,042 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Traffic safety support system

Inventors: Akihito Kimata (Saitama, JP); Shigeru Inoue (Saitama, JP); Yuji Takagi (Saitama, JP); Yoshitaka Mimura (Saitama, JP); Hideo Kadowaki (Saitama, JP); Takahiro Kurehashi (Saitama, JP); Masaki Okumoto (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,415,533
App. No.
18/190,042
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a traffic safety support system capable of improving traffic safety in a situation in which it is predicted that a mobile body will approach a host vehicle from the front or the rear. A traffic safety support system includes a recognizer, a HMI, a risk notification setting unit, and a risk notification control device. The risk notification setting unit sets a notification mode to a hinting notification mode in a case where a motorcycle is present outside an analogue notification actuation range and acts as an oncoming mobile body or acts as a following mobile body, and the risk notification setting unit sets the notification mode to an analogue notification mode in a case where the motorcycle is present within the analogue notification actuation range.

Claims (25)

1. A traffic safety support system for assisting a driver in driving a support target being a first mobile body, the traffic safety support system comprising:

a processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

recognize a traffic participant and a traffic environment in a monitoring area surrounding the support target;

operate a human-machine interface in a manner perceptible to the driver;

set a notification mode of the human-machine interface based on a recognition result during a period in which presence of a second mobile body outside a first range is recognized, the first range being inside the monitoring area and centered around the support target; and

operate the human-machine interface in a first notification manner in a case where the notification mode is set to a first mode, and operate the human-machine interface in a second notification manner a notification intensity of which is higher than that of the first notification manner in a case where the notification mode is set to a second mode,

wherein the processor sets the notification mode to the first mode in a case where the second mobile body is present outside a second range encompassing the first range and acts as an oncoming mobile body approaching the support target from front in a traveling direction of the support target or acts as a following mobile body approaching the support target from rear in the traveling direction of the support target, and

the processor sets the notification mode to the second mode in a case where the second mobile body is present within the second range.

2. The traffic safety support system according to claim 1 , wherein in the case where the notification mode is set to the second mode, the processor changes the notification intensity in accordance with a degree of risk between the support target and the second mobile body.

3. The traffic safety support system according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where at least one of the support target or the oncoming mobile body is partially present in a predetermined width range a center of which is a lane boundary line between the support target and the oncoming mobile body, the processor sets the notification mode to the first mode.

4. The traffic safety support system according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where a nearby mobile body larger than the oncoming mobile body is present near the oncoming mobile body and approaches the support target from the front in the traveling direction of the support target, the processor sets the notification mode to the first mode.

5. The traffic safety support system according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where it is raining in the monitoring area or in a case where an illuminance in the monitoring area is less than a predetermined illuminance threshold, the processor sets the notification mode to the first mode.

6. The traffic safety support system according to claim 1 , the processor predicts futures of mobile bodies recognized as traffic participants, wherein in a case where a first predictive travel route for the support target and a second predictive travel route for the second mobile body overlap with each other, the processor sets the notification mode to the second mode.

7. The traffic safety support system according to claim 1 , wherein the second mobile body is a two-wheeled vehicle.

8. The traffic safety support system according to claim 1 , wherein the support target comprises is configured to automatically operate at least one of a braking device or a steering device of the support target on a condition that a mobile body that has possibility of coming into contact with the support target is present within the first range.

9. A traffic safety support system for assisting a driver in driving a support target being a first mobile body, the traffic safety support system comprising:

a processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

recognize a traffic participant and a traffic environment in a monitoring area surrounding the support target;

operate a human-machine interface in a manner perceptible to the driver;

set a notification mode of the human-machine interface based on a recognition result during a period in which presence of a second mobile body outside a first range is recognized, the first range being inside the monitoring area and centered around the support target; and

operate the human-machine interface in a first notification manner in a case where the notification mode is set to a first mode, and operate the human-machine interface in a second notification manner a notification intensity of which is higher than that of the first notification manner in a case where the notification mode is set to a second mode,

wherein the processor sets the notification mode to the first mode in a case where the second mobile body is present outside a second range encompassing the first range and it is difficult to recognize a distance between the support target and the second mobile body, and

the processor sets the notification mode to the second mode in a case where the second mobile body is present within the second range.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2023
From: KIMATA, AKIHITO; INOUE, SHIGERU; TAKAGI, YUJI; MIMURA, YOSHITAKA; KADOWAKI, HIDEO; KUREHASHI, TAKAHIRO; OKUMOTO, MASAKI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063308/0628 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-061137 · Mar 31, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230311922A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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