Improper-control detection system for driving support

• US 7,474,946 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2005
• Issued: 01/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Kamiya, Shinji
• Primary Examiner(s): Beaulieu; Yonel
• Application Number:
  US11/191,648
• Publication Number:
  US 20060030984A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,258 Days
• Field of Search: 701/29, 701/33, 701/36, 701/24
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

An improper-control detection system for driving support consists of an in-vehicle detection system that is mounted in a vehicle and a center device that is in a center and communicates with the in-vehicle detection system. When the in-vehicle detection system detects an improper-control operation that a driver conducts during an automatic control that supports driving of the driver based on an algorithm of a driving support system so as to change to a manual control contrary to the automatic control, the in-vehicle detection system sends to the center device improper-control information that includes at least one of a time, a position, a version of the driving support system, and a determination value. The center device collects and analyzes the improper-control information sent from the in-vehicle detection system to then designate a cause of the improper-control operation.

Claims

1. An improper-control detection system for driving support, the improper-control detection system comprising:

an automatic driving control that automatically controls a steering device, a brake device and an accelerator device for a vehicle based on an algorithm of a driving support system;

an in-vehicle detection system that is mounted in the vehicle; and

a center device that is in a center and communicates with the in-vehicle detection system,

wherein, when the in-vehicle detection system detects an improper-control operation that a driver of the vehicle conducts during the automatic control by the automatic driving control so as to change to a manual control contrary to the automatic control, the in-vehicle detection system sends to the center device improper-control information that includes at least one of a time, a position, a version of the driving support system, and a determination value, and

wherein the center device collects and analyzes the improper-control information sent from the in-vehicle detection system to then designate a cause of the improper-control operation.

2. The improper-control detection system of claim 1,

wherein the center device sends to the in-vehicle detection system an analysis result obtained by collecting and analyzing the improper-control information, and

wherein the in-vehicle detection system reflects the analysis result sent from the center device on the driving support system.

3. The improper-control detection system of claim 1,

wherein the center device stores an analysis result obtained by collecting and analyzing the improper-control information in a form so that the analysis result is able to be reflected on the driving support system.

4. An in-vehicle detection system that is mounted in a vehicle having an automatic driving control that automatically controls a steering device, a brake device and an accelerator device for a vehicle based on an algorithm of a driving support system, and included in an improper-control detection system for driving support along with a center device that is in a center, wherein the in-vehicle detection system and the center device communicate with each other,

the in-vehicle detection system comprising:

a detecting unit that detects an improper-control operation that a driver of the vehicle conducts during the automatic control by the automatic driving control so as to change to a manual control contrary to the automatic control; and

a sending unit that sends to the center device improper-control information that includes at least one of a time, a position, a version of the driving support system, and a determination value when the improper-control operation is detected.

5. A center device that is in a center and included in an improper-control detection system for driving support along with an in-vehicle detection system mounted in a vehicle having an automatic driving control that automatically controls a steering device, a brake device and an accelerator device for a vehicle based on an algorithm of a driving support system, wherein, when the in-vehicle detection system detects an improper-control operation that a driver of the vehicle conducts during the automatic control by the automatic driving control so as to change to a manual control contrary to the automatic control, the in-vehicle detection system sends to the center device improper-control information that includes at least one of a time, a position, a version of the driving support system, and a determination value,

the center device comprising:

a collecting unit that collects and analyzes the improper-control information sent from the in-vehicle detection system; and

a designating unit that designates a cause of the improper-control operation.