Granted Patent B2

US 12,509,077 · App. 18/333,171 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Inventors: Yuta Ikezawa (Toyota, JP); Kohei Tochigi (Shizuoka-ken, JP)

Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

B60W30/146B60W30/18154B60W40/105B60W60/0015B60W2520/06B60W2552/53

Abstract

Claims (13)

1 . A driving support device, comprising:

a control device including a memory storing a program and a processor that executes the program,

wherein the control device is configured to:

enter, in a first situation that is a situation in which an own vehicle travels in a predetermined region before an intersection and an adjacent traveling lane is absent on a side of a first direction in a crossing direction of a traveling lane on which the own vehicle is traveling, a state in which start of driving support for changing a traveling direction of the own vehicle to the first direction at the intersection is possible;

enter, in a second situation that is a situation in which the own vehicle travels in the predetermined region and an adjacent traveling lane is present on the side of the first direction in the crossing direction of the traveling lane on which the own vehicle is traveling, a state in which the start of the driving support is impossible;

when transition to the second situation occurs without execution of a lane change after the control device enters the state in which the start of the driving support is possible in the first situation, hold the state in which the start of the driving support is possible until a second time point that is one of: a time point when a predetermined time has elapsed from a first time point that is a time point when the transition to the second situation occurs; or a time point when the own vehicle has traveled over a predetermined distance from the first time point; and

start performing the driving support including changing a traveling direction of the own vehicle when a direction indicator of the own vehicle indicates the first direction under the state in which the start of the driving support is possible.

2 . The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein, when a distance between the own vehicle and the intersection is equal to or shorter than a threshold value at the second time point, the control device is configured to hold the state in which the start of the driving support is possible until one of: a third time point that is one of a time point when a predetermined time has elapsed from the second time point or a time point when the own vehicle has traveled over a predetermined distance from the second time point; or a fourth time point that is a time point when the own vehicle passes the intersection from the second time point.

3 . The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to hold the state in which the start of the driving support is possible regardless of whether the adjacent traveling lane is absent or present in a situation in which the traveling lane on which the own vehicle is traveling is a dedicated lane that permits travel toward only a specified direction including the first direction.

4 . The driving support device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the driving support includes deceleration support of decelerating the own vehicle by performing braking control of the own vehicle, and

wherein the control device is configured to start the deceleration support when a speed of the own vehicle is higher than a predetermined target value.

5 . The driving support device according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is an autonomous vehicle.

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