DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD

• US 20160347328A1
• Filed: 04/14/2014
• Published: 12/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: TAKEHARA, Nariaki, IIDA, Koji, AOYAGI, Takahisa, HAGA, Tetsuji
• Granted Patent: US 9,919,717 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0073 Driver overrides controller
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0074 Driver shifts control to the controller, e.g. by pressing a button
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0075 Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0088 Adaptive recalibration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/046 involving external transmission of data to or from the vehicle, e.g. via telemetry, satellite, Global Positioning System [GPS]
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/06 Direction of travel
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/10 Accelerator pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/12 Brake pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/18 Steering angle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/10 Historical data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/12 Lane keeping
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/16 Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/182 Selecting between different operative modes, e.g. comfort and performance modes
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/045 Monitoring control system parameters
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/082 Selecting or switching between different modes of propelling
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/085 Changing the parameters of the control units, e.g. changing limit values, working points by control input
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/10 Interpretation of driver requests or demands
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 : Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 60/0051 : from occupants to vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 60/0053 : from vehicle to occupant

Abstract

Position information of a vehicle 100 and feature amounts of driving operations by a driver are acquired as triggered by occurrence of switching from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode, and a driving operation to be corrected in the automatic driving mode and a correction amount thereof, are determined from these feature amounts. A driving operation in the automatic driving mode is corrected using the determination result, so that the vehicle 100 is controlled in the automatic driving mode in which the corrected driving operation is included.

Claims

1. A driving assistance device for assisting driving of a vehicle using switching between an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode by a driver, comprising:

an information receiver that acquires respective position information of the vehicle and feature amounts of driving operations by the driver, as triggered by occurrence of switching in driving of the vehicle from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode;

a determination processor that determines from the feature amounts of the driving operations by the driver acquired by the information receiver, a driving operation to be corrected in the automatic driving mode and a correction amount thereof;

a storage that stores the driving operation to be corrected and the correction amount thereof that are determined by the determination processor, in a manner associated with their corresponding position information;

a correction processor that corrects a driving operation in the automatic driving mode, using the driving operation to be corrected and the correction amount thereof that are read out from the storage; and

a vehicle controller that controls the vehicle in the automatic driving mode in which the driving operation corrected by the correction processor is included.

2. The driving assistance device of claim 1, wherein:

the information receiver further acquires traveling directions of the vehicle;

the determination processor determines, for each of the traveling directions of the vehicle, the driving operation to be corrected in the automatic driving mode and the correction amount thereof, on the basis of the feature amounts of the driving operations by the driver acquired by the information receiver;

the storage stores the driving operation to be corrected and the correction amount thereof that are determined by the determination processor, in a manner associated with their corresponding position information and traveling direction of the vehicle; and

the correction processor corrects a driving operation in the automatic driving mode corresponding to the position information and the traveling direction of the vehicle, using the driving operation to be corrected and the correction amount that are read out from the storage.

3. The driving assistance device of claim 1, wherein:

the information receiver further acquires a peripheral condition of the vehicle; and

the determination processor determines from the feature amounts of the driving operations by the driver,

a feature amount given as the correction amount of the driving operation to be corrected, on the basis of the peripheral condition of the vehicle.

4. The driving assistance device of claim 1, wherein the correction processor corrects so that, during a vehicle state changing to the state after correction, an amount of change per unit time becomes a predetermined value or less.

5. The driving assistance device of claim 1, wherein the correction processor calculates a number of times switched from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode relative to a number of times traveled on a same route, as a degree of dissatisfaction against the automatic driving mode, and weights the correction amount by the degree of dissatisfaction.

6. The driving assistance device of claim 1, wherein:

the determination processor, the storage and the correction processor are provided in a server capable of communicating with the driving assistance device;

the information receiver transmits to the server, the received position information of the vehicle and feature amounts of the driving operations by the driver; and

the vehicle controller controls the vehicle with the driving operation corrected by the correction processor that is received from the server.

7. A driving assistance method of assisting driving of a vehicle using switching between an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode by a driver, said driving assistance method comprising:

acquiring, by an information receiver, respective position information of the vehicle and feature amounts of driving operations by the driver, as triggered by occurrence of switching in driving of the vehicle from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode;

determining, by a determination processor, from the feature amounts of the driving operations by the driver acquired by the information receiver, a driving operation to be corrected in the automatic driving mode and a correction amount thereof;

storing, by a storage, the driving operation to be corrected in the automatic driving mode and the correction amount thereof, in a manner associated with their corresponding position information;

correcting, by a correction processor, a driving operation in the automatic driving mode, using the driving operation to be corrected and the correction amount thereof that are read out from the storage; and

controlling, by a vehicle controller, the vehicle in the automatic driving mode in which the driving operation corrected by the correction processor is included.

8. A driving assistance method of assisting driving of a vehicle using switching between an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode by a driver, said driving assistance method comprising:

acquiring, by an information receiver in a driving assistance device, respective position information of the vehicle and feature amounts of driving operations by the driver, as triggered by occurrence of switching in driving of the vehicle from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode, followed by transmitting them to a server;

determining, by a determination processor in the server, from the feature amounts of the driving operations by the driver acquired by the information receiver, a driving operation to be corrected in the automatic driving mode and a correction amount thereof;

storing, by a storage in the server, the driving operation to be corrected in the automatic driving mode and the correction amount thereof, in a manner associated with their corresponding position information;

correcting, by a correction processor in the server, a driving operation in the automatic driving mode, using the driving operation to be corrected and the correction amount thereof that are read out from the storage; and

controlling, by a vehicle controller in the driving assistance device, the vehicle in the automatic driving mode in which the driving operation corrected by the correction processor is included.