IP Library Granted Patent US 12,246,711
Granted Patent B2
US 12,246,711 · App. 18/103,083 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Driving support device

Inventors: Takuya Kaminade (Okazaki, JP); Masaki Ikai (Toyota, JP); Masashi Oishi (Owariasahi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W30/12B60W10/04B60W10/18B60W50/14B60W2540/10B60W2552/05B60W2552/53
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Patent No.
US 12,246,711
App. No.
18/103,083
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving support device including: an in-vehicle sensor configured to acquire and output each of position information relating to a position of an own vehicle, target information relating to a target positioned around the own vehicle, and operation information relating to an operation of an operating element of the own vehicle; and a control device having a lane departure prevention function for preventing the own vehicle from departing from a lane in which the own vehicle is traveling by activating at least one device among a notification device, a drive device, and a braking device mounted on the own vehicle in a situation in which an accelerator pedal of the own vehicle is erroneously operated and an angle between a traveling direction of the own vehicle and a boundary line of the lane detected based on the target information is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.

Claims (12)

1. A driving support device, comprising:

an in-vehicle sensor configured to acquire and output each of position information relating to a position of an own vehicle, target information relating to a target positioned around the own vehicle, and operation information relating to an operation of an operating element of the own vehicle; and

an electronic control unit that includes a lane departure prevention function that is configured to prevent the own vehicle from departing from a lane in which the own vehicle is traveling by activating at least one device among a notification device, a drive device, and a braking device mounted on the own vehicle in a situation in which an accelerator pedal of the own vehicle is erroneously operated and an angle between a traveling direction of the own vehicle and a boundary line of the lane detected based on the target information is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value,

the electronic control unit being configured to disable the lane departure prevention function in a special situation,

wherein the special situation is a situation in which the own vehicle enters, from a first lane in which the own vehicle has traveled, a second lane intersecting the first lane, and in which one of a time or a distance for which the own vehicle has traveled in a current lane since start of traveling in the current lane by the own vehicle is less than a predetermined threshold value, and

wherein the erroneous operation is based on a depression depth of the accelerator pedal.

2. The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to calculate one of the distance or the time for which the own vehicle has traveled along the lane in one of a situation in which the boundary line of the lane is continuous or a situation in which the boundary line is regarded as being continuous, and to initialize one of the distance or the time for which the own vehicle has traveled along the lane in a situation in which the boundary line is interrupted.

3. The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the special situation is a situation in which a mode of a driving operation of a driver matches a predetermined mode.

4. The driving support device according to claim 3 , wherein the special situation is a situation in which the mode of the driving operation of the driver matches a mode defined in advance as a mode of the driving operation when the own vehicle is turning right or left at an intersection.

5. The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the special situation is a situation in which the own vehicle is positioned in a predetermined region.

6. The driving support device according to claim 5 , wherein the special situation is a situation in which the own vehicle is positioned in the predetermined region in which a distance from a center of a predetermined intersection is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

7. The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the special situation is a situation in which the electronic control unit is configured to recognize that the own vehicle is turning right or left based on the target information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: KAMINADE, TAKUYA; IKAI, MASAKI; OISHI, MASASHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062616/0409 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-016112 · Feb 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230249682A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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