IP Library Granted Patent US 12,469,391
Granted Patent B2
US 12,469,391 · App. 18/480,008 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Driving support system

Inventor: Norikazu Kawasaki (Nishinomiya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G08G1/166B60W30/09B60W30/095G08G1/0112G08G1/0116B60W2540/30
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Patent No.
US 12,469,391
App. No.
18/480,008
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The driving support device includes a control unit that acquires target information indicating a target on a road intersecting the intersection from the roadside device, determines a possibility of collision between the target and the vehicle at the intersection based on the target information and the own vehicle information indicating the state of the vehicle, determines to perform driving assistance to the driver of the vehicle based on the result of the determination, acquires vehicle operation information indicating a driving operation by the driver with respect to the driving assistance, and diagnoses a driving tendency of the driver based on the vehicle operation information.

Claims (21)

1 . A driving support system comprising a vehicle and a roadside device configured to communicate with the vehicle, wherein:

the roadside device includes a roadside sensor, a roadside processor, and a roadside communication device, the roadside sensor being configured to detect a condition of a road, the roadside processor being configured to

acquire target information indicating a target on a road intersecting an intersection based on a detection result by the roadside sensor, and

transmit the target information to the vehicle via the roadside communication device; and

the vehicle includes a vehicle sensor, a vehicle processor, and an output device, the vehicle sensor being configured to detect own vehicle information on a state of the vehicle and vehicle operation information indicating a driving operation by a driver, the vehicle processor being configured to

acquire the target information from the roadside device,

acquire the own vehicle information from the vehicle sensor,

give a warning notification to the driver of the vehicle in a case that a possibility of a collision between the target and the vehicle at the intersection is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold based on the target information and the own vehicle information,

acquire the vehicle operation information indicating the driving operation that the driver operates after giving the warning notification to the driver, from the vehicle sensor, and

output, by the output device, information on a driving tendency of the driver based on the acquired vehicle operation information.

2 . The driving support system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle processor is configured to determine the driving tendency, based on at least one of a slow-moving speed of the vehicle, a deceleration of the vehicle, and a time taken to react to the warning notification.

3 . The driving support system according to claim 2 , wherein the vehicle processor is configured to:

estimate whether the driver has visually recognized the target, based on the vehicle operation information; and

determine the driving tendency using the estimated result of whether the driver has visually recognized the target.

4 . The driving support system according to claim 2 , wherein the time taken to react to the warning notification is a time from a completion of the warning notification until the driver starts the deceleration.

5 . The driving support system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle processor is configured to:

acquire traffic light information indicating a display content of a traffic light at the intersection; and

give the warning notification to the driver, based on the traffic light information.

6 . The driving support system according to claim 1 , wherein the output device is a display or a speaker.

7 . The driving support system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle processor is configured to determine the possibility of the collision between the target and the vehicle at the intersection is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold.

8 . The driving support system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle processor is configured to give the warning notification by vibration applied to a steering wheel or a seat of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2023
From: KAWASAKI, NORIKAZU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065106/0395 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-182577 · Nov 15, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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