APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE
First Claim
1. A vehicle driving assistance apparatus comprising:
- a brake operation sensing device to sense a driver'"'"'s brake operation of a vehicle;
a steering operation sensing device to sense a driver'"'"'s steering operation of the vehicle;
a forward sensing device to sense an obstacle ahead of the vehicle; and
a controllerto determine whether there is a need for avoiding the obstacle, by examining a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle sensed by the obstacle sensing device; and
to produce a yaw moment of the vehicle to turn the vehicle toward an obstacle avoiding direction advantageous for avoiding the obstacle, during a time interval from a time of detection of the driver'"'"'s brake operation by the brake operation sensing device, to a time of detection of the driver'"'"'s steering operation by the steering operation sensing device, by adjusting a wheel brake/drive force distribution due to the driver'"'"'s brake operation when the need for avoiding the obstacle is confirmed.
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Abstract
A vehicle driving assistance apparatus includes a brake operation sensing device to sense a driver'"'"'s brake operation, a steering operation sensing device to sense a driver'"'"'s steering operation, a forward, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether there is a need for avoiding the obstacle, by examining a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle, and to produce a yaw moment to an obstacle avoiding direction advantageous for avoiding the obstacle, from the time of detection of the driver'"'"'s brake operation, to the time of detection of the driver'"'"'s steering operation, by adjusting a wheel brake/drive force distribution among wheels resulting from the driver'"'"'s brake operation when there is the need for avoiding the obstacle.
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle driving assistance apparatus comprising:
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a brake operation sensing device to sense a driver'"'"'s brake operation of a vehicle; a steering operation sensing device to sense a driver'"'"'s steering operation of the vehicle; a forward sensing device to sense an obstacle ahead of the vehicle; and a controller to determine whether there is a need for avoiding the obstacle, by examining a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle sensed by the obstacle sensing device; and to produce a yaw moment of the vehicle to turn the vehicle toward an obstacle avoiding direction advantageous for avoiding the obstacle, during a time interval from a time of detection of the driver'"'"'s brake operation by the brake operation sensing device, to a time of detection of the driver'"'"'s steering operation by the steering operation sensing device, by adjusting a wheel brake/drive force distribution due to the driver'"'"'s brake operation when the need for avoiding the obstacle is confirmed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle driving assistance process comprising:
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sensing a driver'"'"'s brake operation of a vehicle; sensing a driver'"'"'s steering operation of the vehicle; sensing an obstacle ahead of the vehicle; determining whether there is a need for avoiding the obstacle, by examining a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle; and producing a yaw moment of the vehicle to turn the vehicle toward an advantageous obstacle avoiding direction advantageous for avoiding the obstacle, during a time interval from a time of detection of the driver'"'"'s brake operation, to a time of detection of the driver'"'"'s steering operation, by adjusting a wheel braking force distribution due to the driver'"'"'s brake operation when the need for avoiding the obstacle is confirmed.
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16. A vehicle driving assistance apparatus comprising:
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brake operation sensing means for sensing a driver'"'"'s brake operation of a vehicle; steering operation sensing means for sensing a driver'"'"'s steering operation of the vehicle; forward sensing means for sensing an obstacle ahead of the vehicle; avoidance judging means for determining whether there is a need for avoiding the obstacle, by examining a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the obstacle; and avoidance controlling means for producing a yaw moment of the vehicle to turn the vehicle toward an obstacle avoiding direction advantageous for avoiding the obstacle, during a time interval from a time of detection of the driver'"'"'s brake operation, to a time of detection of the driver'"'"'s steering operation, by adjusting a left and right wheel braking force distribution due to the driver'"'"'s brake operation when the need for avoiding the obstacle is confirmed.
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