Granted Patent B2

US 12,447,973 · App. 18/325,387 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Inventor: Masakatsu Onitsuka (Nisshin, JP)

Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

B60W40/08B60T7/12B60W10/18B60W2040/0818

Abstract

Claims (21)

1. A vehicle emergency stop system, comprising a control device configured to start execution of emergency stop control for causing an own vehicle to perform an emergency stop by performing braking control on the own vehicle when an operation of a driving operation device of the own vehicle is not detected for a predetermined time, and to end the execution of the emergency stop control when the operation is detected during the execution of the emergency stop control,

the control device being configured to continue the emergency stop control when a collision between the own vehicle and an object is detected during the execution of the emergency stop control and the operation is detected within a first predetermined time from a first time point at which the collision is detected, and when the operation is detected during the execution of the emergency stop control and the collision is detected within a second predetermined time from a second time point at which the operation is detected, and

the control device being configured to determine that a driver of the own vehicle is in a low-consciousness state when one of the collision and the operation is detected first and then the other of the collision and the operation is detected within a threshold time thereafter, and continue the emergency stop control based on determining that the driver is in the low-consciousness state.

2. The vehicle emergency stop system according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to end the execution of the emergency stop control when the operation is detected after the first predetermined time has elapsed from the first time point, and when the collision is detected after the second predetermined time has elapsed from the second time point.

3. The vehicle emergency stop system according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to determine that the own vehicle has gently collided with an object when a magnitude of an acceleration of the own vehicle is within a predetermined range which exceeds an acceleration range which occurs during normal travel, and an integral value of the magnitude of the acceleration within a third predetermined time from a time point at which the magnitude of the acceleration of the own vehicle exceeds a lower limit value of the predetermined range exceeds a threshold value.

4. The vehicle emergency stop system according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case in which the collision is detected first, the threshold time is set to a first value,

in a case in which the operation is detected first, the threshold time is set to a second value, and

the second value is smaller than the first value.

5. A vehicle emergency stop method, comprising:

starting execution of emergency stop control for causing an own vehicle to perform an emergency stop by performing braking control on the own vehicle when an operation of a driving operation device of the own vehicle is not detected for a predetermined time and ending the execution of the emergency stop control when the operation is detected during the execution of the emergency stop control; and

continuing the emergency stop control when a collision between the own vehicle and an object is detected during the execution of the emergency stop control and the operation is detected within a first predetermined time from a first time point at which the collision is detected, and when the operation is detected during the execution of the emergency stop control and the collision is detected within a second predetermined time from a second time point at which the operation is detected,

wherein the vehicle emergency method further comprises:

determining that a driver of the own vehicle is in a low-consciousness state when one of the collision and the operation is detected first and then the other of the collision and the operation is detected within a threshold time thereafter, and

continuing the emergency stop control based on determining that the driver is in the low-consciousness state.

6. A non-transitory storage medium storing an emergency stop program for causing a computer of an own vehicle to execute:

starting execution of emergency stop control for causing the own vehicle to perform an emergency stop by performing braking control on the own vehicle when an operation of a driving operation device of the own vehicle is not detected for a predetermined time, and ending the execution of the emergency stop control when the operation is detected during the execution of the emergency stop control; and

continuing the emergency stop control when a collision between the own vehicle and an object is detected during the execution of the emergency stop control and the operation is detected within a first predetermined time from a first time point at which the collision is detected, and when the operation is detected during the execution of the emergency stop control and the collision is detected within a second predetermined time from a second time point at which the operation is detected,

wherein the computer of the own vehicle is further configured to execute:

determining that a driver of the own vehicle is in a low-consciousness state when one of the collision and the operation is detected first and then the other of the collision and the operation is detected within a threshold time thereafter, and

continuing the emergency stop control based on determining that the driver is in the low-consciousness state.

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