DRIVE ASSISTING APPARATUS

• US 20130297172A1
• Filed: 01/20/2011
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Yuasa, Hitoshi, Ariga, Takuma
• Granted Patent: US 9,626,869 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/70
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/18 Steering angle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/801 Lateral distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2720/106 Longitudinal acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/16 Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes

Abstract

Provided is a drive assisting apparatus which assists follow-up travelling to a forward vehicle including an inter-vehicle information acquisition unit 10 that acquires a distance between a host vehicle and a forward vehicle, a deceleration unit 12 that performs a deceleration control based on the inter-vehicle distance, and a steering information acquisition unit 14 that detects steering by a driver, and the deceleration unit 12 stops the deceleration control, when the steering is detected. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately understand the will of a driver and perform a deceleration control based on the will of the driver.

Claims

1. :

A drive assisting apparatus which assists drive comprising;

an inter-vehicle information acquisition unit that acquires a distance between a host vehicle and a forward vehicle;

a deceleration unit that performs a deceleration control based on the inter-vehicle distance; and

a steering detection unit that detects steering by a driver,

wherein the deceleration unit stops the deceleration control, when the steering angle is the predetermined threshold value or more and there is not a vehicle in a passing lane.

2. :

The drive assisting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising;

an operation information acquisition unit that acquires operation information relating to an operation of a direction indicator by the driver,

wherein the deceleration unit temporarily suppresses the deceleration control based on the operation information.

3. :

The drive assisting apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the deceleration unit temporarily suppresses the deceleration control, when the direction indicator is in operation and a steering angle is not a predetermined threshold value or more.

5. :

The drive assisting apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the deceleration unit performs the deceleration control as a reference of the vehicle in a passing lane, when a steering angle is a predetermined threshold value or more and there is a vehicle in the passing lane.

4. (canceled)