Vehicle speed management apparatus and vehicle speed management method
First Claim
1. A vehicle speed management apparatus that manages a vehicle speed in a host vehicle, the host vehicle including an emergency control unit and an information presentation unit,the emergency control unit providing an operation in order to reduce or avoid collision damage to a preceding obstacle,the information presentation unit presenting information,the vehicle speed management apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor that includesa scene information acquisition section that acquires scene information about a driving scene of the host vehicle driven by a user,a scene estimation section that estimates the driving scene based on the scene information acquired by the scene information acquisition section,a behavior information acquisition section that acquires behavior information about a driving behavior of the host vehicle driven by the user,a risk determination section that determines a driving risk of the host vehicle driven by the user, based on the driving scene estimated by the scene estimation section and on the behavior information acquired by the behavior information acquisition section, andan information presentation control section that controls a presentation of assist information by the information presentation unit in order to prompt the user to address the driving risk,whereinwhen the driving scene estimated by the scene estimation section represents an independent traveling state of the host vehicle, the information presentation control section selects, based on a magnitude of the driving risk determined by the risk determination section, the assist information to be presented by the information presentation unit before the operation by the emergency control unit, wherein;
the assist information responding to the driving risk identified as a low risk is reference information that causes the user to recognize the driving risk, the driving risk that the user refers to in determining the driving behavior;
the assist information responding to the driving risk identified as a medium risk is suggestion information that suggests to the user the driving behavior to suppress an increase in the driving risk, the medium risk being higher than the low risk;
the assist information responding to the driving risk identified as a high risk is request information that requests the user to perform the driving behavior to reduce the driving risk, the high risk being higher than the medium risk; and
the information presentation control section selects the reference information, the suggestion information, or the request information as the assist information responding to the driving risk determined by the risk determination section, wherein;
when the driving risk determined by the risk determination section is the low risk, the information presentation control section causes the information presentation unit to provide visual presentation of the reference information selected as the assist information;
when the driving risk determined by the risk determination section is the medium risk, the information presentation control section causes the information presentation unit to provide visual and audible presentation of the suggestion information selected as the assist information; and
when the driving risk determined by the risk determination section is the high risk, the information presentation control section causes the information presentation unit to provide visual, audible, and haptic presentation of the request information selected as the assist information.
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Abstract
A vehicle speed management apparatus acquires scene information about a driving scene of a host vehicle, estimates the driving scene based on the scene information acquired, acquires behavior information about a driving behavior of a user, determines a driving risk of the host vehicle driven by the user, based on the driving scene estimated and on the behavior information acquired, and controls a presentation of assist information by an information presentation unit in order to prompt the user to address the driving risk. When the driving scene estimated represents an independent traveling state of the host vehicle, the assist information to be presented by the information presentation unit is selected based on a magnitude of the driving risk determined before an operation by an emergency control unit.
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6 Claims
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1. A vehicle speed management apparatus that manages a vehicle speed in a host vehicle, the host vehicle including an emergency control unit and an information presentation unit,
the emergency control unit providing an operation in order to reduce or avoid collision damage to a preceding obstacle, the information presentation unit presenting information, the vehicle speed management apparatus comprising: -
at least one processor that includes a scene information acquisition section that acquires scene information about a driving scene of the host vehicle driven by a user, a scene estimation section that estimates the driving scene based on the scene information acquired by the scene information acquisition section, a behavior information acquisition section that acquires behavior information about a driving behavior of the host vehicle driven by the user, a risk determination section that determines a driving risk of the host vehicle driven by the user, based on the driving scene estimated by the scene estimation section and on the behavior information acquired by the behavior information acquisition section, and an information presentation control section that controls a presentation of assist information by the information presentation unit in order to prompt the user to address the driving risk, wherein when the driving scene estimated by the scene estimation section represents an independent traveling state of the host vehicle, the information presentation control section selects, based on a magnitude of the driving risk determined by the risk determination section, the assist information to be presented by the information presentation unit before the operation by the emergency control unit, wherein; the assist information responding to the driving risk identified as a low risk is reference information that causes the user to recognize the driving risk, the driving risk that the user refers to in determining the driving behavior; the assist information responding to the driving risk identified as a medium risk is suggestion information that suggests to the user the driving behavior to suppress an increase in the driving risk, the medium risk being higher than the low risk; the assist information responding to the driving risk identified as a high risk is request information that requests the user to perform the driving behavior to reduce the driving risk, the high risk being higher than the medium risk; and the information presentation control section selects the reference information, the suggestion information, or the request information as the assist information responding to the driving risk determined by the risk determination section, wherein; when the driving risk determined by the risk determination section is the low risk, the information presentation control section causes the information presentation unit to provide visual presentation of the reference information selected as the assist information; when the driving risk determined by the risk determination section is the medium risk, the information presentation control section causes the information presentation unit to provide visual and audible presentation of the suggestion information selected as the assist information; and when the driving risk determined by the risk determination section is the high risk, the information presentation control section causes the information presentation unit to provide visual, audible, and haptic presentation of the request information selected as the assist information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A vehicle speed management method of managing a vehicle speed in a host vehicle, the host vehicle including an emergency control unit providing an operation in order to reduce or avoid collision damage to a preceding obstacle and an information presentation unit presenting information,
the vehicle speed management method being executed by at least one processor, the vehicle speed management method comprising: -
a scene information acquiring that acquires scene information about a driving scene of the host vehicle driven by a user; a scene estimating that estimates the driving scene based on the scene information acquired; a behavior information acquiring that acquires behavior information about a driving behavior of the host vehicle driven by the user; a risk determining that determines a driving risk of the host vehicle driven by the user, based on the driving scene estimated and on the behavior information acquired; and an information presentation controlling that controls a presentation of assist information by the information presentation unit in order to prompt the user to address the driving risk, and selects the assist information to be presented by the information presentation unit before the operation by the emergency control unit based on a magnitude of the driving risk determined when the driving scene estimated by the scene estimation step represents an independent traveling state of the host vehicle, wherein; the assist information responding to the driving risk identified as a low risk is reference information that causes the user to recognize the driving risk, the driving risk that the user refers to in determining the driving behavior; the assist information responding to the driving risk identified as a medium risk is suggestion information that suggests to the user the driving behavior to suppress an increase in the driving risk, the medium risk being higher than the low risk; the assist information responding to the driving risk identified as a high risk is request information that requests the user to perform the driving behavior to reduce the driving risk, the high risk being higher than the medium risk; and the reference information, the suggestion information, or the request information is selected as the assist information responding to the driving risk determined, wherein; when the driving risk determined is the low risk, the information presentation unit is caused to provide visual presentation of the reference information selected as the assist information; when the driving risk determined is the medium risk, the information presentation unit is caused to provide visual and audible presentation of the suggestion information selected as the assist information; and when the driving risk determined is the high risk, the information presentation unit is caused to provide visual, audible, and haptic presentation of the request information selected as the assist information.
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