IP Library Granted Patent US 9,321,484
Granted Patent B2
US 9,321,484 · App. 14/758,895 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Collision avoidance assistance device and collision avoidance assistance method

Inventors: Kohei Morotomi (Toyota, JP); Eiji Kasai (Toyota, JP); Tomonori Akiyama (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D15/0265B62D5/046B62D6/002
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Patent No.
US 9,321,484
App. No.
14/758,895
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A collision avoidance assistance device includes a target control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a target control amount used for travelling on a target trajectory through which the vehicle passes, a first control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a first control amount to be applied by the first steering assistance system out of the target control amount, and output the first control amount to the first steering assistance system, and a second control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a second control amount to be applied by the second steering assistance system out of the target control amount, and output the second control amount to the second steering assistance system. The first control amount is set to be larger than the second control amount during a predetermined time period from a time of starting the collision avoidance assistance.

Claims (18)

1. A collision avoidance assistance device configured to perform collision avoidance assistance by a first steering assistance system in which a reaction force is not generated against a steering wheel and a second steering assistance system in which a reaction force is generated against the steering wheel, the device comprising:

a target control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a target control amount used for travelling on a target trajectory through which the vehicle passes;

a first control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a first control amount to be applied by the first steering assistance system out of the target control amount, and output the first control amount to the first steering assistance system; and

a second control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a second control amount to be applied by the second steering assistance system out of the target control amount, and output the second control amount to the second steering assistance system,

wherein the first control amount is set to be larger than the second control amount during a predetermined time period from a time of starting the collision avoidance assistance.

2. The collision avoidance assistance device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first control amount calculation unit outputs the first control amount to the first steering assistance system before the second control amount calculation unit outputs the second control amount to the second steering assistance system.

3. The collision avoidance assistance device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first control amount calculation unit decreases a rate of the first control amount to the target control amount as the time passes.

4. The collision avoidance assistance device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a notification unit configured to notify of the fact that the collision avoidance assistance is operating.

5. The collision avoidance assistance device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the notification unit notifies of the direction of the target trajectory.

6. A collision avoidance assistance method for performing collision avoidance assistance by a first steering assistance system in which a reaction force is not generated against a steering wheel and a second steering assistance system in which a reaction force is generated against the steering wheel, the method comprising:

a target control amount calculation step of calculating a target control amount used for travelling on a target trajectory through which the vehicle passes;

a first control amount calculation step of calculating a first control amount to be applied by the first steering assistance system out of the target control amount, and outputting the first control amount to the first steering assistance system; and

a second control amount calculation step of calculating a second control amount to be applied by the second steering assistance system out of the target control amount, and outputting the second control amount to the second steering assistance system,

wherein the first control amount is set to be larger than the second control amount during a predetermined time period from a time of starting the collision avoidance assistance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2015
From: MOROTOMI, KOHEI; KASAI, EIJI; AKIYAMA, TOMONORI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036001/0265 →
Continuity (1)
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