VEHICULAR DRIVING ASSIST APPARATUS, METHOD, AND VEHICLE

• US 20130297196A1
• Filed: 12/22/2010
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Shida, Mitsuhisa
• Application Number:
  US13/876,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20130297196A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/119
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/65 Data transmitted between vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/14 Adaptive cruise control
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/143 Speed control B60W30/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/16 Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/04 Traffic conditions

Abstract

A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle includes an obtaining portion that obtains a speed of each of a plurality of vehicles, and a target speed calculating portion that calculates a target speed based on a plurality of speeds obtained by the obtaining portion and respective degrees of influence of the plurality of speeds on the target speed. The target speed calculation portion sets the degree of influence of a lower speed to be larger than the degree of influence of a higher speed.

Claims

1. A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

an obtaining portion that obtains a speed of each of a plurality of vehicles; and

a target speed calculating portion that calculates a target speed based on a plurality of speeds obtained by the obtaining portion and respective degrees of influence of the plurality of speeds on the target speed,

wherein the target speed calculation portion sets the degree of influence of a lower speed to be larger than the degree of influence of a higher speed.

2. The driving assist apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a transmitting portion that transmits the target speed to a vehicle.

3. The driving assist apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the obtaining portion obtains information relating position of each of the plurality of vehicles in association with the speed;

and

the target speed calculating portion changes the degree of influence according to the position.

4. The driving assist apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a transmitting portion that selects a vehicle to which the target speed is to be transmitted and transmits the target speed to the selected vehicle.

5. The driving assist apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the obtaining portion obtains information relating position of each of the plurality of vehicles in association with the speed;

and

the transmitting portion selects the vehicle to which the target speed is to be transmitted, according to the position.

6. The driving assist apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the obtaining portion obtains information relating to a travel direction of each of the plurality of vehicles in association with the speed;

and

the transmitting portion selects the vehicle to which the target speed is to be transmitted, according to the travel direction.

7. The driving assist apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the degree of influence is a weight that is set for each speed when the target speed calculating portion calculates the target speed.

8. The driving assist apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the obtaining portion obtains information relating to a traveling tendency of each of the plurality of vehicles in association with the speed;

and

the target speed calculating portion changes the degree of influence according to the traveling tendency.

10. A vehicle in which driving assist is performed based on a target speed calculated by the driving assist apparatus according to the claim 1.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10, wherein a speed of the vehicle is controlled based on the target speed.

9. A driving assist method for a vehicle, comprising:

obtaining a speed of each of a plurality of vehicles; and

calculating a target speed based on a plurality of speeds and respective degrees of influence of the plurality of speeds on the target speed, wherein the degree of influence of a lower speed is set to be larger than a degree of influence of a higher speed.