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Granted Patent B2
US 11,364,868 · App. 17/329,509 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Vehicle control system and vehicle control method

Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Kenya Sakurai (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Fukahori (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Hazawa (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Tsuchiya (Wako, JP); Yoko Ishihara (Tokyo, JP); Shinsuke Kandaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60R21/01538B60R21/01542G06V20/59G06V40/10G08B21/02G08B21/24
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Patent No.
US 11,364,868
App. No.
17/329,509
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

As described above, in a vehicle control system, in a predetermined condition where a vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes a condition where a first user who has been in a vehicle leaves the vehicle and where an in-vehicle condition recognizing unit recognizes a condition where a second user is present in the vehicle, an alarm control unit performs alarm processing on at least one of inside the vehicle and outside the vehicle by using a notification function of the vehicle according to a detection result of a door open/close detection unit.

Claims (27)

1. A vehicle control system that controls operation of a vehicle having a notification function, the vehicle control system comprising a processor, wherein the processor:

recognizes a condition around the vehicle;

recognizes a condition inside the vehicle;

detects an open/close state of a door of the vehicle;

performs alarm processing on at least one of inside the vehicle and outside the vehicle by using the notification function according to a detection result of whether or not the door is open so that a second user can get off in a predetermined condition where a condition where a first user who has been in the vehicle leaves the vehicle is recognized and where a condition where the second user is present in the vehicle is recognized;

recognizes a getting-off intention of the second user in the vehicle when it is recognized from a captured image of a camera provided in the vehicle that a line of sight of the second user is directed toward an open door among a plurality of doors and an action toward the door toward which the line of sight is directed by the second user is recognized; and

in the predetermined condition, when the door is detected as open and when the getting-off intention of the second user from the open door is recognized, performs first alarm processing including an alarm, to prevent the second user from jumping out of the open door, directed to the second user.

2. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor

detects locking/unlocking of the door, and

in the predetermined condition, when the door is detected as closed and when the door is detected as locked, the processor performs second alarm processing including an alarm, to notify to make the second user move outside the vehicle, directed to the first user.

3. The vehicle control system according to claim 2 , wherein the processor

in the predetermined condition, when the door is detected as closed and when a locking state of the door is changed from the locking state to an unlocking state, performs third alarm processing including the alarm, to provide information regarding getting off, directed to the second user.

4. The vehicle control system according to claim 3 , wherein

the third alarm processing includes processing of guiding, to the second user, a getting-off position set based on at least a recognition result of a vehicle peripheral condition.

5. The vehicle control system according to claim 3 , wherein the processor

communicates with a portable terminal of the second user, and wherein

the second alarm processing or the third alarm processing includes processing of transmitting alarm information to the portable terminal of the second user.

6. The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor

controls an operating component associated with the door, and

in the predetermined condition, when an approach of an alarm target object is detected by the recognition result of a vehicle peripheral condition, performs fourth alarm processing corresponding to the approach to prevent the second user from jumping out of the open door, and controls the door to at least one of a closed state and a locked state.

7. A vehicle control method executed by a computer to control operation of a vehicle having a notification function, the vehicle control method comprising:

a vehicle peripheral condition recognition step of recognizing a condition around the vehicle by a processor of the computer;

an in-vehicle condition recognition step of recognizing a condition inside the vehicle by the processor;

a door open/close detection step of detecting an open/close state of a door of the vehicle by the processor; and

an alarm control step of performing alarm processing, by the processor, on at least one of inside the vehicle and outside the vehicle by using the notification function according to a detection result of the door open/close detection step in a predetermined condition where a condition where a first user who has been in the vehicle leaves the vehicle is recognized in the vehicle peripheral condition recognition step and where a condition where a second user is present in the vehicle is recognized in the in-vehicle condition recognition step, wherein

the in-vehicle condition recognition step includes recognizing a getting-off intention of the second user in the vehicle when it is recognized from a captured image of a camera provided in the vehicle that a line of sight of the second user is directed toward an open door among a plurality of doors and an action toward the door toward which the line of sight is directed by the second user is recognized; and

the alarm control step includes, in the predetermined condition, when the door is detected as open and when the getting-off intention of the second user from the open door is recognized, performing first alarm processing including an alarm, to prevent the second user from jumping out of the open door, directed to the second user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2021
From: NAKAMURA, MITSUYOSHI; SAKURA, KENYA; FUKAHORI, TAKASHI; HAZAWA, HIROYUKI; TSUCHIYA, YUJI; ISHIHARA, YOKO; KANDAKA, SHINSUKE
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-092577 · May 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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