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Granted Patent B2
US 11,760,342 · App. 17/155,909 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Driving assist system

Inventors: Miyuki Kamatani (Hadano, JP); Kazuyuki Fujita (Gotemba, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W30/09B60W30/181G06V20/58B60W2420/52B60W2510/18B60W2510/20B60W2554/20B60W2554/4049
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Patent No.
US 11,760,342
App. No.
17/155,909
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving assist system assists driving of a vehicle. A deceleration target includes at least one of a preceding vehicle, a mandatory stop line, a mandatory stop sign, a traffic signal, and a stop line before the traffic signal that exist ahead of the vehicle. A risk factor includes at least one of a pedestrian, a bicycle, a motorcycle, an oncoming vehicle, and a parked vehicle that exist ahead of the vehicle. The driving assist system executes: deceleration assist control that automatically decelerates the vehicle before the deceleration target; and risk avoidance control that automatically performs at least one of steering and deceleration of the vehicle so as to avoid the risk factor. When both the deceleration assist control and the risk avoidance control operate concurrently, the driving assist system notifies a driver of the vehicle of not the deceleration target but the risk factor.

Claims (52)

1. A driving assist system that assists driving of a vehicle, the driving assist system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores driving environment information indicating a driving environment for the vehicle, wherein

a deceleration target includes at least one of a preceding vehicle, a mandatory stop line, a mandatory stop sign, a traffic signal, and a stop line before the traffic signal, each of which exists ahead of the vehicle,

a risk factor includes at least one of a pedestrian, a bicycle, a motorcycle, an oncoming vehicle, and a parked vehicle, each of which exists ahead of the vehicle,

the processor is configured to:

determine whether a first activation condition of deceleration assist control that automatically decelerates the vehicle before the deceleration target is satisfied based on the driving environment information;

when the first activation condition is satisfied, execute the deceleration assist control that automatically decelerates the vehicle before the deceleration target;

determine whether a second activation condition of risk avoidance control that automatically performs at least one of steering and deceleration of the vehicle so as to avoid the risk factor is satisfied based on the driving environment information;

when the second activation condition is satisfied, execute the risk avoidance control that generates a target trajectory of the vehicle so as to avoid the risk factor and automatically performs at least one of steering and deceleration of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the target trajectory; and

execute a notification process that notifies a driver of the vehicle of the deceleration target or the risk factor, and

the notification process includes notifying the driver of not the deceleration target but the risk factor in a period in which both the first activation condition and the second activation condition are satisfied concurrently and both the deceleration assist control and the risk avoidance control operate concurrently, and wherein

when the deceleration assist control and the risk avoidance control concurrently operate, the deceleration assist control requires a first deceleration, and the risk avoidance control requires a second deceleration, the processor decelerates the vehicle at a higher one of the first deceleration and the second deceleration.

2. The driving assist system according to claim 1 , wherein

in the risk avoidance control, the processor is further configured to:

set a risk area around the risk factor;

generate the target trajectory of the vehicle such that the vehicle does not pass through the risk area; and

performs at least one of steering and deceleration of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the target trajectory.

3. The driving assist system according to claim 2 , wherein

the processor variably sets a size of the risk area according to a speed of the vehicle such that the size of the risk area becomes larger as the speed of the vehicle becomes higher.

4. The driving assist system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first activation condition of the deceleration assist control includes that a time for the vehicle to reach the deceleration target is less than a predetermined time threshold, or a distance between the vehicle and the deceleration target is less than a predetermined distance threshold.

5. The driving assist system according to claim 4 , wherein

the first activation condition of the deceleration assist control further includes that a speed of the vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed.

6. The driving assist system according to claim 1 , wherein

the second activation condition of the risk avoidance control includes that a time for the vehicle to reach the risk factor is less than a predetermined time threshold, or a distance between the vehicle and the risk factor is less than a predetermined distance threshold.

7. The driving assist system according to claim 6 , wherein

the second activation condition of the risk avoidance control further includes that a speed of the vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed.

8. The driving assist system according to claim 1 , wherein when the second activation condition is satisfied, the processor is configured to execute the risk avoidance control that generates the target trajectory of the vehicle so as to avoid the risk factor and automatically performs steering and deceleration of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the target trajectory.

9. A driving assist system that assists driving of a vehicle, the driving assist system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores driving environment information indicating a driving environment for the vehicle, wherein

a deceleration target includes at least one of a preceding vehicle, a mandatory stop line, a mandatory stop sign, a traffic signal, and a stop line before the traffic signal, each of which exists ahead of the vehicle,

a risk factor includes at least one of a pedestrian, a bicycle, a motorcycle, an oncoming vehicle, and a parked vehicle, each of which exists ahead of the vehicle,

the processor is configured to:

determine whether a first activation condition of deceleration assist control that automatically decelerates the vehicle before the deceleration target is satisfied based on the driving environment information;

when the first activation condition is satisfied, execute the deceleration assist control that automatically decelerates the vehicle before the deceleration target;

determine whether a second activation condition of risk avoidance control that automatically performs at least one of steering and deceleration of the vehicle so as to avoid the risk factor is satisfied based on the driving environment information;

when the second activation condition is satisfied, execute the risk avoidance control that generates a target trajectory of the vehicle so as to avoid the risk factor and automatically performs at least one of steering and deceleration of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the target trajectory; and

execute a notification process that notifies a driver of the vehicle of the deceleration target or the risk factor, and

the notification process includes a first notification process that notifies the driver of not the deceleration target but the risk factor in a first period, and

the first period includes a period in which both the first activation condition and the second activation condition are satisfied concurrently, both the deceleration assist control and the risk avoidance control operate concurrently, and a degree of urgency of the deceleration assist control is less than a threshold, and wherein

when the deceleration assist control and the risk avoidance control concurrently operate, the deceleration assist control requires a first deceleration, and the risk avoidance control requires a second deceleration, the processor decelerates the vehicle at a higher one of the first deceleration and the second deceleration.

10. The driving assist system according to claim 9 , wherein

the notification process further includes a second notification process that notifies the driver of not the risk factor but the deceleration target in a second period, and

the second period includes a period in which both the first activation condition and the second activation condition are satisfied concurrently, both the deceleration assist control and the risk avoidance control operate concurrently and the degree of urgency of the deceleration assist control is equal to or greater than the threshold.

11. The driving assist system according to claim 9 , wherein

a situation in which the degree of urgency of the deceleration assist control is less than the threshold includes any of:

a situation in which a time for the vehicle to reach the deceleration target is equal to or greater than a first threshold;

a situation in which a distance between the vehicle and the deceleration target is equal to or greater than a second threshold; and

a situation in which the first deceleration required by the deceleration assist control is less than a maximum realizable deceleration.

12. The driving assist system according to claim 9 , wherein when the second activation condition is satisfied, the processor is configured to execute the risk avoidance control that generates the target trajectory of the vehicle so as to avoid the risk factor and automatically performs steering and deceleration of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the target trajectory.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2021
From: KAMATANI, MIYUKI; FUJITA, KAZUYUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055049/0153 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-012879 · Jan 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210229659A1 · Jul 29, 2021