Driving status detection device and related method

• US 20050159853A1
• Filed: 01/11/2005
• Published: 07/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Inoue, Hirofumi, Takahashi, Toshiaki, Seguchi, Hidenori
• Application Number:
  US11/032,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20050159853A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/22 Psychological state; Stress level or workload
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/221 Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/08 related to drivers or passengers
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/16 Tactile feedback to the driver, e.g. vibration or force feedback to the driver on the steering wheel or the accelerator pedal

Abstract

In a driving status detection device and method for detecting a characteristic driving status during a drive of a vehicle, a vehicle speed is detected, a differentiated value of second order of the vehicle speed within a given time interval is calculated and a risk occurrence scene, which is a driving status at a high risk for a driver, is detected based on the differentiated value of second order of the vehicle speed.

Claims

1. A driving status detection device detecting a characteristic driving status during a drive of a vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle speed detector detecting a vehicle speed;

a processing section calculating a differentiated value of second order of the vehicle speed within a given time interval; and

a detecting section detecting a risk occurrence scene that is a driving status at a high risk for a driver based on the differentiated value of second order of the vehicle speed.

2. The driving status detection device according to claim 1, wherein the preprocessing section calculates a jerk conversion value based on a jerk value that is the differentiated value of second order of the vehicle speed, and the detecting section detects a distraction of the driver when the jerk conversion value exceeds a reference range set in compliance with the jerk conversion value.

3. The driving status detection device according to claim 2, further comprising a provider section providing an occupant of a vehicle with interrupt data, raising awareness to interrupt operation of an on-vehicle unit, when the detecting section detects the distraction.

4. The driving status detection device according to claim 2, further comprising an operation inhibiting section disabling operation of the on-vehicle unit when the detecting section detects the distraction.

5. The driving status detection device according to claim 4, wherein the operation inhibiting section disables the operation of the on-vehicle unit upon an elapse of an operation permit time after the distraction is detected.

6. The driving status detection device according to claim 4, wherein after disabling the operation of the on-vehicle unit, the operation inhibiting section permits the operation of the on-vehicle unit upon an elapse of an operation inhibit time after the jerk conversion value falls in the reference range.

7. The driving status detection device according to claim 4, wherein after disabling the operation of the on-vehicle unit, the operation inhibiting section permits the operation of the on-vehicle unit upon stopping a vehicle.

8. The driving status detection device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a database; and

an operation object detecting section detecting the on-vehicle unit that is an object to be operated by the driver;

wherein when both the distraction and the on-vehicle unit are detected, the detecting section registers the detected on-vehicle unit in the database and detects the registered on-vehicle unit as a difficult on-vehicle unit that the driver encounters a difficulty to operate.

9. The driving status detection device according to claim 8, wherein the operation inhibiting section disables operation of the detected difficult on-vehicle unit.

10. The driving status detection device according to claim 8, wherein the operation object detecting section detects operation executed by the driver on the on-vehicle unit and, when both the distraction and the operation are detected, the detecting section registers the detected operation in the database and detects the registered operation as a difficult operation that is difficult for the driver to execute.

11. The driving status detection device according to claim 10, wherein the operation inhibiting section disables the detected difficult operation.

12. The driving status detection device according to claim 2, wherein the processing section calculates the jerk value when the driver operates the on-vehicle unit.

13. The driving status detection device according to claim 2, wherein the jerk value conversion value includes an absolute value of the jerk value or an integrated value of a square of the jerk value.

14. The driving status detection device according to claim 1, wherein the processing section calculates a jerk conversion value based on a jerk value that is the differentiated value of second order of the vehicle speed, and the detecting section detects a driving status difficult for the driver when the jerk conversion value exceeds a reference range set in compliance with the jerk conversion value.

15. The driving status detection device according to claim 14, further comprising a provider section providing an occupant of a vehicle with safety drive data, raising awareness to perform safety drive when the detecting section detects the difficult driving status.

16. The driving status detection device according to claim 14, wherein the processing section detects the jerk conversion value additionally using a yaw rate of a vehicle.

17. The driving status detection device according to claim 14, wherein the processing section detects the jerk conversion value additionally using lateral acceleration of a vehicle.

18. The driving status detection device according to claim 14, further comprising a database,

wherein the detecting section registers a vehicle driving status in the database, when the jerk conversion value exceeds the reference range, and detects the vehicle driving status, whose number of times registered in the database exceeds a given reference number of times, as the difficult driving status.

19. The driving status detection device according to claim 14, further comprising a running direction detector that detects a vehicle running direction as a vehicle driving status,

wherein the detecting section detects a running direction difficult for the driver when the jerk conversion value exceeds a reference range set depending on the jerk conversion value.

20. The driving status detection device according to claim 14, wherein the jerk conversion value includes a jerk vector.

21. The driving status detection device according to claim 20, wherein the detecting section detects a driving status with respect to a preceding vehicle as the vehicle driving status when a vehicle running and a direction of the jerk vector is oriented forward or rearward.

22. The driving status detection device according to claim 20, wherein the detecting section detects a driving status with respect to a two wheeled vehicle as the vehicle driving status when a vehicle running and a direction of the jerk vector is oriented rightward and forward or leftward and rearward.

23. The driving status detection device according to claim 20, wherein the detecting section detects a driving status with respect to an oncoming vehicle as the vehicle driving status when a vehicle running and a direction of the jerk vector is oriented leftward and forward or rightward and rearward.

24. The driving status detection device according to claim 20, wherein the detecting section detects a driving status with respect to an oncoming vehicle as the vehicle driving status when a winker of a vehicle is flashing and a direction of the jerk vector is oriented rightward and forward or leftward and rearward.

25. The driving status detection device according to claim 20, wherein the detecting section detects a driving status with respect to a pedestrian crossing person as the vehicle driving status when a winker of a vehicle is flashing and a direction of the jerk vector is oriented leftward and forward or rightward and rearward.

26. The driving status detection device according to claim 1, wherein when the risk occurrence scene is detected, a message is provided to the driver to raise awareness to pay attention to vicinity.

27. The driving status detection device according to claim 1, wherein when the risk occurrence scene is detected, an occurrence location of the risk occurrence scene is detected by referring to electronic map data to estimate an occurrence object by which the risk occurrence scene is caused.

28. The driving status detection device according to claim 27, wherein a pedestrian crossing position and a bicycle running lane position are registered in the electronic map data to estimate that a pedestrian or a bicycle forms an occurrence object of the risk occurrence scene when an occurrence location of the risk occurrence scene lies near a pedestrian crossing or a bicycle running lane.

29. The driving status detection device according to claim 27, wherein traffic lane position and a center divider position are registered in the electronic map data to estimate that an oncoming vehicle during right-turn forms an occurrence object of the risk occurrence scene when an occurrence location of the risk occurrence scene lies near an oncoming lane or a center divider lane.

30. The driving status detection device according to claim 1, wherein the risk occurrence scene is registered as a history to detect a liable risk occurrence scene for the driver based on the history.

31. A driving status detection device detecting a characteristic driving status during a drive of a vehicle, comprising:

vehicle speed detection means for detecting a vehicle speed;

calculating means for calculating a differentiated value of second order of the vehicle speed within a given time interval; and

detecting means for detecting a risk occurrence scene that is a driving status at a high risk for a driver based on the differentiated value of second order of the vehicle speed.

32. A driving status detection method detecting a characteristic driving status during a drive of a vehicle, comprising:

detecting a vehicle speed;

calculating a differentiated value of second order of the vehicle speed within a given time interval; and

detecting a risk occurrence scene that is a driving status at a high risk for a driver based on the differentiated value of second order of the vehicle speed.

33. The driving status detection method according to claim 32, wherein when the risk occurrence scene is detected, a message is provided to raise awareness to the driver to pay attention to vicinity.

34. The driving status detection method according to claim 32, wherein when the risk occurrence scene is detected, an occurrence location of the risk occurrence scene is detected by referring to electronic map data to estimate an occurrence object by which the risk occurrence scene is caused.

35. The driving status detection device according to claim 34, wherein a pedestrian crossing position and a bicycle running lane position are registered in the electronic map data to estimate that a pedestrian or a bicycle forms an occurrence object of the risk occurrence scene when an occurrence location of the risk occurrence scene lies near a pedestrian crossing or a bicycle running lane.

36. The driving status detection device according to claim 34, wherein traffic lane position and a center divider position are registered in the electronic map data to estimate that an oncoming vehicle during right-turn forms an occurrence object of the risk occurrence scene when an occurrence location of the risk occurrence scene lies near an oncoming lane or a center divider lane.

37. The driving status detection device according to claim 32, wherein the risk occurrence scene is registered as a history to detect a liable risk occurrence scene for the driver based on the history.