IP Library Granted Patent US 9,604,640
Granted Patent B2
US 9,604,640 · App. 14/386,203 · Granted Mar 28, 2017

Collision avoidance assistance device

Inventors: Yuki Yoshihama (Susono, JP); Toshinori Okita (Gotenba, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W30/0953B60W30/09B62D15/0265G08G1/16B60W2520/125B60W2550/10
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Patent No.
US 9,604,640
App. No.
14/386,203
Granted
Mar 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a collision avoidance assistance device including: an assistance region setting unit is configured to set an assistance region in the vicinity of a vehicle based on a set lateral acceleration determined according to a vehicle speed during steering; and an assistance control unit is configured to permit collision avoidance assistance for the vehicle when an obstacle is detected within the assistance region.

Claims (17)

1. A collision avoidance assistance device comprising:

an electronic control unit (ECU) including a CPU configured to execute programs stored in memory of the ECU, an assistance region setting unit, and an assistance control unit, wherein

the assistance region setting unit configured to set an assistance region in the vicinity of a vehicle based on a set lateral acceleration determined according to a vehicle speed during steering; and

the assistance control unit configured to permit collision avoidance assistance for the vehicle when an obstacle is detected within the assistance region,

wherein the assistance region setting unit is configured to set the assistance region based on the following equation:

y=Gyd·x 3 /(6 T·Vs 3 )− W

where y represents a distance from the center of a front surface of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction, Gyd represents the set lateral acceleration, x represents a distance from the center of the front surface of the vehicle in a traveling direction, T represents a time until a lateral acceleration of the vehicle reaches the set lateral acceleration, Vs represents the vehicle speed, and W represents the lateral interval.

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

wherein the assistance region setting unit is configured to further set the assistance region based on a time until a lateral acceleration of the vehicle reaches the set lateral acceleration.

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

wherein the assistance region setting unit is configured to further set the assistance region based on a lateral interval set in a vehicle width direction.

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

wherein the assistance region setting unit is configured to set the assistance region based on a turning locus of the vehicle.

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

wherein the assistance region setting unit is configured to update the setting of the assistance region based on a lateral acceleration that varies during a turning of the vehicle.

6. The collision avoidance device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the assistance region setting unit is configured to update the setting of the assistance region to become narrower toward the vehicle as the lateral acceleration of the vehicle becomes larger.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2014
From: YOSHIHAMA, YUKI; OKITA, TOSHINORI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 034527/0901 →
Continuity (1)
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