IP Library Granted Patent US 12,434,707
Granted Patent B2
US 12,434,707 · App. 18/410,005 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Driving support device, driving support method, and storage medium that stores driving support program

Inventor: Yuma Ito (Obu, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W30/182B60W30/165B60W30/18018B60W40/08B60W50/14G06V20/58G06V20/597B60W2040/0818B60W2420/403B60W2540/106B60W2540/229B60W2554/4046
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Patent No.
US 12,434,707
App. No.
18/410,005
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The processor of the driving support device satisfies the second condition for determining that the driver of the own vehicle was paying attention to the area in front of the own vehicle at the time the first condition for determining that the preceding vehicle has started is satisfied. If not, the notification device is controlled to present predetermined first information to the driver, and after presenting the first information, the switch device is operated without the second condition being satisfied. If it is detected that the notification device has been activated, the notification device is controlled to present second information to the driver, and after presenting the second information, the switch device is operated without the second condition being satisfied. When it is detected that the host vehicle has been moved, the host vehicle is controlled so that the host vehicle starts in a predetermined first mode.

Claims (34)

1. A driving support device comprising:

a forward sensor that acquires information related to behavior of a preceding vehicle;

an operation sensor that acquires information related to an operation mode of an operation device of an own vehicle;

a driver sensor that acquires information related to a direction to which a driver of the own vehicle is paying attention; and

a processor that controls the own vehicle so as to start the own vehicle in a predetermined mode when a predetermined first condition to determine that the preceding vehicle has started is satisfied and operation of the operation device is detected, in a situation where the preceding vehicle has stopped and the own vehicle has stopped right behind the preceding vehicle, wherein

the operation sensor includes a switch device, and

the processor is configured to

control a predetermined notification device and present predetermined first information to the driver, when a second condition to determine that the driver of the own vehicle was paying attention to an area forward of the own vehicle is not satisfied at a first time point when the first condition is satisfied,

control the notification device and present second information to the driver, when operation of the switch device is detected without the second condition being satisfied after presenting the first information, and

control the own vehicle so as to start the own vehicle in a predetermined first mode, when operation of the switch device is detected without the second condition being satisfied after presenting the second information.

2. The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the operation sensor includes an accelerator pedal sensor that detects depth of depression of an accelerator pedal; and

the processor is configured to control the own vehicle so as to start the own vehicle in a predetermined second mode, when operation of the accelerator pedal is detected after presenting the first information to the driver.

3. The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein an attention calling level to the driver by presentation of the second information is higher than an attention calling level to the driver by presentation of the first information.

4. A driving support method comprising:

a preceding vehicle information acquisition step of acquiring information related to behavior of a preceding vehicle;

an operation information acquisition step of acquiring information related to an operation mode of an operation device of an own vehicle;

a driver information acquisition step of acquiring information related to a direction to which a driver of the own vehicle is paying attention; and

a start control step of controlling the own vehicle so as to start the own vehicle in a predetermined mode when a predetermined first condition to determine that the preceding vehicle has started is satisfied and operation of the operation device is detected, in a situation where the preceding vehicle has stopped and the own vehicle has stopped right behind the preceding vehicle, wherein

the operation information acquisition step includes a step of acquiring operation information of a switch device as the operation device, and

the start control step includes a step of

controlling a predetermined notification device and presenting predetermined first information to the driver, when a second condition to determine that the driver of the own vehicle was paying attention to an area forward of the own vehicle is not satisfied at a first time point when the first condition is satisfied,

controlling the notification device and presenting second information to the driver, when operation of the switch device is detected without the second condition being satisfied after presenting the first information, and

controlling the own vehicle so as to start the own vehicle in a predetermined first mode, when operation of the switch device is detected without the second condition being satisfied after presenting the second information.

5. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a driving support program that causes a computer installed in an own vehicle to execute

a preceding vehicle information acquisition step of acquiring information related to behavior of a preceding vehicle,

an operation information acquisition step of acquiring information related to an operation mode of an operation device of the own vehicle,

a driver information acquisition step of acquiring information related to a direction to which a driver of the own vehicle is paying attention, and

a start control step of controlling the own vehicle so as to start the own vehicle in a predetermined mode when a predetermined first condition to determine that the preceding vehicle has started is satisfied and operation of the operation device is detected, in a situation where the preceding vehicle has stopped and the own vehicle has stopped right behind the preceding vehicle, wherein:

the operation information acquisition step includes a step of acquiring operation information of a switch device as the operation device; and

the start control step includes a step of

controlling a predetermined notification device and presenting predetermined first information to the driver, when a second condition to determine that the driver of the own vehicle was paying attention to an area forward of the own vehicle is not satisfied at a first time point when the first condition is satisfied,

controlling the notification device and presenting second information to the driver, when operation of the switch device is detected without the second condition being satisfied after presenting the first information, and

controlling the own vehicle so as to start the own vehicle in a predetermined first mode, when operation of the switch device is detected without the second condition being satisfied after presenting the second information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2024
From: ITO, YUMA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 066096/0778 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-019081 · Feb 10, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240270255A1 · Aug 15, 2024
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