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Granted Patent B2
US 11,987,243 · App. 17/652,033 · Granted May 21, 2024

Vehicle, program and notification method

Inventors: Tomotaka Asano (Susono, JP); Hiroki Shizuhata (Susono, JP); Yutaka Aoki (Mishima, JP); Satoshi Takahashi (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W30/143B60W10/18B60W30/182B60W40/105B60W50/14B60W60/0053B60W2050/146
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Patent No.
US 11,987,243
App. No.
17/652,033
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control mode of speed control includes a first control mode in which an actual speed is caused to follow a target speed through active use of a brake and a second control mode in which the actual speed is caused to follow the target speed while use of the brake is suppressed. An autonomous driving system changes a threshold value to a value larger than a value in the first control mode when the control mode is switched from the first control mode to the second control mode, and changes the threshold value to a value smaller than a value in the second control mode when the control mode is switched from the second control mode to the first control mode.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle equipped with an autonomous driving system that executes speed control that causes an actual speed to follow a target speed, wherein:

the autonomous driving system includes

at least one memory that stores at least one program, and

at least one processor connected to the at least one memory; and

the at least one processor executes, through execution of the at least one program,

a control mode switching process of switching a control mode of the speed control between a first control mode and a second control mode in accordance with a driving condition, the first control mode being a mode in which the actual speed is caused to follow the target speed through active use of a brake, and the second control mode being a mode in which the actual speed is caused to follow the target speed while use of the brake is suppressed,

a notification process of providing a notification to a driver when a speed error between the target speed and the actual speed exceeds a threshold value while the speed control is being executed,

a first threshold value change process of changing the threshold value to a value larger than a value in the first control mode when the control mode is switched from the first control mode to the second control mode, and

a second threshold value change process of changing the threshold value to a value smaller than a value in the second control mode when the control mode is switched from the second control mode to the first control mode.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein in the second threshold value change process, the threshold value is gradually changed to the value smaller than the value in the second control mode.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein in the first threshold value change process, the threshold value is gradually changed to the value larger than the value in the first control mode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2022
From: ASANO, TOMOTAKA; SHIZUHATA, HIROKI; AOKI, YUTAKA; TAKAHASHI, SATOSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 059130/0826 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-066724 · Apr 9, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220324447A1 · Oct 13, 2022
Cited By (1)
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