IP Library Granted Patent US 10,252,713
Granted Patent B2
US 10,252,713 · App. 15/502,559 · Granted Apr 9, 2019

Vehicular driving control system

Inventors: Ichiro Yoshida (Kariya, JP); Kiyohiko Sawada (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,252,713
App. No.
15/502,559
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicular driving control system for performing vehicular driving control based on automated driving and/or driving assistance is provided. The vehicular driving control system includes a driver operation measuring instrument that measures driving operation of a driver, a user uneasiness degree measuring instrument that measures how large a degree of uneasiness of a user is, and a driving control apparatus. When it is determined that the user feels uneasy based on the user uneasiness degree, the driving control apparatus determines an uneasiness factor serving as a source of the uneasiness based on user property data in relation to a traveling situation of a vehicle. Based on the determined uneasiness factor, the driving control apparatus adjusts a control degree of the vehicular driving control, and changes the vehicular driving control so as to decrease the uneasiness of the user.

Claims (31)

1. A vehicular driving control system for performing vehicular driving control with automated driving and/or driving assistance, the vehicular driving control system comprising:

a driver operation measuring instrument that measures driving operation of a driver;

a user uneasiness degree measuring instrument that measures how large a degree of uneasiness of a user is; and

a driving control apparatus that,

on condition of the user determined to feel uneasy based on a result of measuring the user uneasiness degree measured by the user uneasiness degree measuring instrument, determines an uneasiness factor serving as a source of the uneasiness based on user property data in relation to a traveling situation of a vehicle, and

based on the determined uneasiness factor, adjusts a control degree of the vehicular driving control, and changes the vehicular driving control so as to decrease the uneasiness of the user,

wherein:

the driving control apparatus is configured to issue a notification to the driver before changing the vehicular driving control; and

the driving control apparatus is further configured to:

after changing the vehicular driving control, cause the user uneasiness degree measuring instrument to perform measurement of the uneasiness degree of the user to find a change in the uneasiness degree of the user based on a result of the measurement,

if the uneasiness of the user remains unsolved, determine the uneasiness factor serving as the source of the uneasiness and readjust the control degree of the vehicular driving control based on the determined uneasiness factor.

2. The vehicular driving control system according to claim 1 , wherein

the user uneasiness degree measuring instrument includes a brain region situation measuring instrument that directly measures a situation of a plurality of brain regions indicating a change in emotion of the user.

3. The vehicular driving control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a widthwise traveling position detection apparatus that detects a traveling position on a road in a vehicle width direction; and

an inter-vehicular distance detection apparatus that detects an inter-vehicular distance to a preceding vehicle,

wherein

the driving control apparatus determines presence or absence of a vehicle in a range making the user feel uneasy and adjusts a vehicle position to decrease the uneasiness of the user when the user is determined to feel uneasy about a distance to a nearby vehicle.

4. The vehicular driving control system according to claim 1 , wherein:

when the driving control apparatus determines that a centrifugal force caused by a vehicle traveling speed in vehicle entry into a curved road makes the user uneasy, the driving control apparatus provides the driving control so that the vehicle decelerates to enter the curved road.

5. The vehicular driving control system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the vehicle detects that a fellow passenger feels uneasy while manual driving is being performed by the driver, the driving control apparatus notifies the driver that the fellow passenger feels uneasy.

6. The vehicular driving control system according to claim 2 , wherein:

the brain region situation measuring instrument includes a brain wave sensor placed so as to correspond to an activation region in a head, the activation region being a region to be activated in response to uneasiness; and

the driving control apparatus determines the uneasiness of the user based on a measurement value measured by the brain wave sensor.

7. The vehicular driving control system according to claim 6 , wherein:

a measurement value measured by the brain wave sensor while no force is applied to the user during traveling after the vehicle starts traveling is stored as a normal value by the driving control apparatus;

the driving control apparatus makes comparison between

a measurement value measured by the brain wave sensor while a force is applied to a user during vehicle traveling and

the normal value; and

the driving control apparatus determines that the user feels uneasy when a difference between both the values is greater than or equal to a setup value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2017
From: YOSHIDA, ICHIRO; SAWADA, KIYOHIKO
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041201/0016 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-179069 · Sep 3, 2014 · national
JP 2015-140427 · Jul 14, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170225677A1 · Aug 10, 2017