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Granted Patent B2
US 9,487,195 · App. 14/423,203 · Granted Nov 8, 2016

Collision avoidance assistance device and collision avoidance assistance method

Inventor: Ryo Fujishiro (Isehara, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60T7/22G01S13/931G01S17/936
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Patent No.
US 9,487,195
App. No.
14/423,203
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A collision avoidance assistance device includes an assistance execution unit configured to execute collision avoidance assistance in a case where it is determined that a vehicle will collide with an object, in which, when it is not determined whether the vehicle will collide with the object or not during execution of the automatic braking based on the collision avoidance assistance, the assistance execution unit is configured to inhibit cancellation of the automatic braking in a case where the object is present in front of the vehicle.

Claims (13)

1. A collision avoidance assistance device comprising:

an assistance execution unit configured to execute collision avoidance assistance in a case where it is determined that a vehicle will collide with an object; and

a collision determination unit configured to determine that the object is present in front of the vehicle in a case where a horizontal position of the object is present within a vehicle width or a region in which a marginal width is added to the vehicle width in a traveling direction of the vehicle,

wherein, when it is determined the vehicle will not collide with the object during execution of the automatic braking based on the collision avoidance assistance, the assistance execution unit is configured to inhibit cancelation of the automatic braking in a case where the object is present in front of the vehicle, and

wherein the collision determination unit determines whether the object is present in front of the vehicle on the basis of the present position of the object until the automatic braking based on the collision avoidance assistance is finished from the start thereof.

2. The collision avoidance assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein, when it is determined the vehicle will not collide with the object during execution of the automatic braking based on the collision avoidance assistance, the assistance execution unit is configured not to inhibit cancelation of the automatic braking in a case where the object is not present in front of the vehicle.

3. The collision avoidance assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein, when a determination of collision between the vehicle and the object is changed to a determination of non-collision therebetween before and after the automatic braking is started, the assistance execution unit is configured to inhibit cancelation of the automatic braking in a case where the object is present in front of the vehicle.

4. The collision avoidance assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein, when a determination of collision between the vehicle and the object is changed to a determination of non-collision therebetween before and after the automatic braking is started, the assistance execution unit is configured not to inhibit cancelation of the automatic braking in a case where the object is not present in front of the vehicle.

5. The collision avoidance assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein the object is an object which crosses the front side of the vehicle.

6. A collision avoidance assistance method of executing collision avoidance assistance in a case where it is determined that a vehicle will collide with an object, the method comprising:

determining that the object is present in front of the vehicle in a case where a horizontal position of the object is present within a vehicle width or a region in which a marginal width is added to the vehicle width in a traveling direction of the vehicle,

inhibiting cancelation of automatic braking in a case where the object is present in front of the vehicle, when it is determined the vehicle will not collide with the object during execution of the automatic braking based on the collision avoidance assistance; and

determining whether the object is present in front of the vehicle on the basis of the present position of the object until the automatic braking based on the collision avoidance assistance is finished from the start thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2015
From: FUJISHIRO, RYO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 035331/0965 →
Continuity (1)
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