IP Library Granted Patent US 12,377,865
Granted Patent B2
US 12,377,865 · App. 18/380,232 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Control device for vehicle

Inventors: Masakazu Aoki (Nagoya, JP); Yohsuke Hashimoto (Nagakute, JP); Satoshi Takamoto (Miyoshi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W50/0098B60W30/16B60W40/09B60W40/105B60W60/0051B60W2050/0005B60W2050/0083B60W2554/4026B60W2554/802
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Patent No.
US 12,377,865
App. No.
18/380,232
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device for a vehicle controls a subject vehicle configured to switch between manual driving by a driver and automated driving. The control device includes a processor and a memory device. The processor is configured to execute learning control that learns vehicle-to-vehicle information being vehicle-to-vehicle time or vehicle-to-vehicle distance of the subject vehicle with respect to a preceding vehicle during traveling with the manual driving, and to reflect a learning result of the vehicle-to-vehicle information by the learning control in a control of the vehicle-to-vehicle information during the automated driving. The memory device is configured to store the vehicle-to-vehicle information as learning data during the manual driving. In the learning control, the processor determines, based on a type of the preceding vehicle, whether or not the vehicle-to-vehicle information for the preceding vehicle is caused to be stored in the memory device as the learning data.

Claims (25)

1. A control device for controlling a subject vehicle configured to switch between manual driving by a driver and automated driving, the control device comprising:

a processor configured to execute learning control that learns vehicle-to-vehicle information being vehicle-to-vehicle time or vehicle-to-vehicle distance of the subject vehicle with respect to a preceding vehicle during traveling with the manual driving, and to reflect a learning result of the vehicle-to-vehicle information by the learning control in a control of the vehicle-to-vehicle information during the automated driving; and

a memory device configured to store the vehicle-to-vehicle information as learning data during the manual driving,

wherein in the learning control, the processor is configured to:

determine, based on a type of the preceding vehicle, whether or not the vehicle-to-vehicle information for the preceding vehicle is caused to be stored in the memory device as the learning data;

when a height of the preceding vehicle is less than a threshold value, store the vehicle-to-vehicle information in the memory device as the learning data; and

when the height is equal to or greater than the threshold value, not to store the vehicle-to-vehicle information in the memory device as the learning data.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the subject vehicle is a four-wheeled car, and

in the learning control, when the preceding vehicle is a two-wheeled motorcycle, the processor is configured not to store the vehicle-to-vehicle information in the memory device as the learning data.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

in the learning control, the processor is configured not to store a subsequent learning data in the memory device until a designated time elapses after the vehicle-to-vehicle information is caused to be stored in the memory device as the learning data.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

in the learning control, the processor is configured not to store a subsequent learning data in the memory device until a vehicle speed of the subject vehicle changes by a designated amount or more after the vehicle-to-vehicle information is caused to be stored in the memory device as the learning data.

5. A control device for controlling a subject vehicle configured to switch between manual driving by a driver and automated driving, the control device comprising:

a processor configured to execute learning control that learns vehicle-to-vehicle information being vehicle-to-vehicle time or vehicle-to-vehicle distance of the subject vehicle with respect to a preceding vehicle during traveling with the manual driving, and to reflect a learning result of the vehicle-to-vehicle information by the learning control in a control of the vehicle-to-vehicle information during the automated driving; and

a memory device configured to store the vehicle-to-vehicle information as learning data during the manual driving, wherein:

in the learning control, the processor is configured to determine, based on a type of the preceding vehicle, whether or not the vehicle-to-vehicle information for the preceding vehicle is caused to be stored in the memory device as the learning data,

the subject vehicle is a four-wheeled car, and

in the learning control, when the preceding vehicle is a two-wheeled motorcycle, the processor is configured not to store the vehicle-to-vehicle information in the memory device as the learning data.

6. A control device for controlling a subject vehicle configured to switch between manual driving by a driver and automated driving, the control device comprising:

a processor configured to execute learning control that learns vehicle-to-vehicle information being vehicle-to-vehicle time or vehicle-to-vehicle distance of the subject vehicle with respect to a preceding vehicle during traveling with the manual driving, and to reflect a learning result of the vehicle-to-vehicle information by the learning control in a control of the vehicle-to-vehicle information during the automated driving; and

a memory device configured to store the vehicle-to-vehicle information as learning data during the manual driving, wherein:

in the learning control, the processor is configured to determine, based on a type of the preceding vehicle, whether or not the vehicle-to-vehicle information for the preceding vehicle is caused to be stored in the memory device as the learning data; and

in the learning control, the processor is configured not to store a subsequent learning data in the memory device until a designated time elapses after the vehicle-to-vehicle information is caused to be stored in the memory device as the learning data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2023
From: AOKI, MASAKAZU; HASHIMOTO, YOHSUKE; TAKAMOTO, SATOSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065290/0634 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-199588 · Dec 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240199037A1 · Jun 20, 2024
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