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Granted Patent B2
US 11,322,023 · App. 16/288,610 · Granted May 3, 2022

Driving support apparatus

Inventor: Masahiko Adachi (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G08G1/096725G05D1/0223G05D1/0234G08G1/095G05D2201/0213
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Patent No.
US 11,322,023
App. No.
16/288,610
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving support apparatus is provided with: a recognizer configured to recognize a light of a traffic light that exists ahead of a host vehicle; and a controller configured to perform a deceleration support control if the host vehicle needs to be decelerated on the basis of the recognized light. The controller is configured to suppress a degree of the deceleration support control if the host vehicle needs to be decelerated on the basis of the recognized light and if the recognized light includes a light indicating permission to travel in a particular direction, in comparison with when the recognized light does not include the light indicating the permission to travel in the particular direction.

Claims (10)

1. A driving support apparatus comprising:

a recognizer configured to recognize a light of a traffic light that exists ahead of a host vehicle; and

a controller configured to perform a deceleration support control if the recognized light requires deceleration or stop of the host vehicle, wherein

when the driving support apparatus does not specify a course of the host vehicle, the deceleration support control, which is performed by the controller, decelerates the host vehicle such that a target vehicle speed when the recognized light permits the host vehicle to travel in a particular direction while requiring deceleration or stop of the host vehicle is high in comparison with a target vehicle speed when the recognized light does not permit the host vehicle to travel in the particular direction while requiring deceleration or stop of the host vehicle.

2. A driving support apparatus comprising:

a recognizer configured to recognize a light of a traffic light that exists ahead of a host vehicle; and

a controller configured to perform a deceleration support control if the recognized light requires deceleration or stop of the host vehicle, wherein

said controller is configured to suppress a degree of the deceleration support control when the recognized light permits the host vehicle to travel in a particular direction while requiring deceleration or stop of the host vehicle, in comparison with when the recognized light requires deceleration or stop of the host vehicle, wherein

the driving support apparatus comprises a specifier configured to specify a course of the host vehicle, and

said controller is configured to suppress the degree of the deceleration support control when the recognized light permits the host vehicle to travel in the particular direction while requiring deceleration or stop of the host vehicle and the course is not specified by said specifier, in comparison with when the recognized light requires deceleration or stop of the host vehicle, or in comparison with when the recognized light permits the host vehicle to travel in the particular direction while requiring deceleration or stop of the host vehicle and the course specified by said specifier is not a course for travelling in the particular direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2019
From: ADACHI, MASAHIKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 048468/0566 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-036369 · Mar 1, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190272751A1 · Sep 5, 2019