VEHICLE EMERGENCY EVACUATION DEVICE
First Claim
1. An emergency evacuation device of a vehicle that executes an emergency evacuation process, comprising:
- an emergency evacuation process execution judgment portion that conducts an intention confirmation process of confirming an intention of a driver for an execution start of the emergency evacuation process when a necessity for the emergency evacuation process arises, and outputs a command of the execution start of the emergency evacuation process when the intention of the driver indicates the execution start of the emergency evacuation process; and
a vehicle running control portion that executes the emergency evacuation process in response to the command from the emergency evacuation process execution judgment portion;
wherein the device starts an execution of a vehicle stop keeping control as the emergency evacuation process without conducting the intention confirmation process when a necessity for the emergency evacuation process arises in a stopped vehicle.
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Abstract
In a vehicle emergency evacuation device which stops a running vehicle automatically or keeps a stop state of a stopped vehicle in a driver'"'"'s emergency, a stop keeping process is executed to keep the stop state without conducting an intention confirmation process of the execution start of an emergency evacuation process when the emergency evacuation process is required, e.g. when an abnormality or a deterioration in the driver'"'"'s condition arises or when the driver requests the emergency evacuation process, under a condition that the vehicle has stopped before a signal, a road crossing or a railroad crossing, thereby ensuring the safety of the vehicle. Moreover, there are provided a structure in which the stop site of the vehicle in the execution of automatic vehicle stop control is determined depending upon whether the running road is a driveway, a highway, or a normal road; and a structure that judges whether or not to permit an override to the emergency evacuation process after the execution start of the emergency evacuation process based on a passenger'"'"'s motion.
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6 Claims
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1. An emergency evacuation device of a vehicle that executes an emergency evacuation process, comprising:
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an emergency evacuation process execution judgment portion that conducts an intention confirmation process of confirming an intention of a driver for an execution start of the emergency evacuation process when a necessity for the emergency evacuation process arises, and outputs a command of the execution start of the emergency evacuation process when the intention of the driver indicates the execution start of the emergency evacuation process; and a vehicle running control portion that executes the emergency evacuation process in response to the command from the emergency evacuation process execution judgment portion; wherein the device starts an execution of a vehicle stop keeping control as the emergency evacuation process without conducting the intention confirmation process when a necessity for the emergency evacuation process arises in a stopped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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