Vehicle control device and vehicle control method

    公开(公告)号:US11214255B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US16982498

    申请日:2019-03-15

    摘要: A vehicle control device comprising: a balance gradient calculation unit configured to calculate a balance gradient that is a gradient at which a propulsive force of the vehicle and a resistance force applied to the vehicle are balanced when the vehicle travels in a gear-in coasting state in which an engine is connected to a gear and the vehicle travels without supplying fuel to the engine, in a case where a traveling state of the vehicle is a neutral coasting state; and a traveling control unit configured to: switch, based on the calculated balance gradient and a specified road gradient, the traveling state of the vehicle from the neutral coasting state to the gear-in coasting state in a case where the traveling state of the vehicle is the neutral coasting state; and end, the gear-in coasting state when determining that an end condition is satisfied.

    Travel control device, vehicle, and travel control method

    公开(公告)号:US11124189B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-21

    申请号:US16496435

    申请日:2018-03-16

    IPC分类号: B60W30/16

    摘要: Provided are a travel control device that enhance safety while enabling smooth overtaking of a vehicle from tracking travel. This travel control device is equipped with a direction indication determination unit, a travel control unit that performs control to switch travel of the vehicle between tracking travel whereby the vehicle is made to travel by tracking the preceding vehicle and propulsion travel whereby the vehicle is made to travel so as to match the speed of the vehicle to a target speed, and an inter-vehicle distance detection unit that detects the inter-vehicle distance in tracking travel between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle. In cases in which, during tracking travel, it is determined that direction indication of vehicle has been activated and the inter-vehicle distance exceeds a prescribed distance, the travel control unit switches travel of the vehicle from tracking travel to propulsion travel.

    Driving assistance device
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10676089B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US16093665

    申请日:2017-04-11

    摘要: A driving assistance device (30) that has: an information acquisition unit (31) that acquires the relative speed of a vehicle ahead and the inter-vehicle distance to the vehicle ahead; a table (33) in which degrees of urgency that correspond to relative speeds and inter-vehicle distances have been pre-stored; and an ACC control unit (32) that reads out, from the table (33), a degree of urgency (x) that corresponds to the relative speed and inter-vehicle distance acquired by the information acquisition unit (31), finds a target acceleration/deceleration that has a slope (y) that is based on the degree of urgency (x) that was read out, and outputs the found target acceleration/deceleration as a control signal for controlling break pressure.

    Travel control device, vehicle, and travel control method

    公开(公告)号:US12037002B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US16496431

    申请日:2018-03-16

    发明人: Naoki Takahashi

    IPC分类号: B60W50/08 B60W30/14 F02D29/02

    CPC分类号: B60W50/08 B60W30/14 F02D29/02

    摘要: Provided are a travel control device, a vehicle, and a travel control method that realize travel at the speed desired by the driver. This travel control device is equipped with: a travel control unit that switches between and executes a constant speed travel control for causing a vehicle 1 to travel at a target speed and a coasting control for causing the vehicle to travel by inertia; and a switching control unit that, in cases in which an operation for switching the target speed has been performed while executing the constant speed travel control or the coasting control, controls the travel control unit to execute the constant speed travel control without executing the coasting control for a prescribed period of time from the point of completion of said operation.

    Travel control device, vehicle, and travel control method

    公开(公告)号:US11220276B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-11

    申请号:US16755609

    申请日:2018-10-12

    摘要: This travel control device includes: a road determining unit which determines whether a road including a downward slope along which a vehicle is traveling includes a first curved road and a second curved road; and a travel control unit which, if the road determining unit has determined that the road contains the first curved road and the second curved road, causes the vehicle, when being caused to travel in such a way as to maintain a target speed, to decelerate at a curved road entry side of the first curved road and to coast from a curved road exit side of the first curved road, such that the vehicle can pass through the first curved road.

    Control device for lane departure warning device, vehicle, and lane departure warning control method

    公开(公告)号:US10937322B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16496434

    申请日:2018-03-19

    摘要: The present invention is configured such that a control device for a lane departure warning device that outputs a warning on the basis of the position relationship of a vehicle and a lane boundary line is equipped with a detection unit for detecting a switch of a brake from on to off, and a warning control unit for, when the detection unit has detected said switch, changing a warning threshold value to which vehicle position information is compared in the determination of whether or not to issue a warning to a value at which a warning is less likely to be issued as compared to when the detection unit has not detected said switch. The present invention thereby provides a control device for a lane departure warning device that is capable of reducing warnings which could be an annoyance to drivers.

    Notification device
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12051329B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-30

    申请号:US17759515

    申请日:2021-01-29

    IPC分类号: B60Q1/00 G08G1/16

    CPC分类号: G08G1/16

    摘要: Disclosed is a notification device that reduces notifications which are bothersome to passengers. This notification device comprises: a pair of detection units that are disposed so as to be separated from one another in a vehicle-width direction and that each detect an object approaching a vehicle; a pair of notification units that are disposed so as to respectively correspond to the pair of detection units and that notify a passenger of the approach of the object; a calculation unit that calculates the position and direction of movement of the object on the basis of detection information from the pair of detection units; and a notification control unit that controls the pair of notification units on the basis of the position and direction of movement of the object calculated by the calculation unit. If an object detected by one of the detection units moves toward the detection range of the other detection unit, the notification control unit controls the other notification unit corresponding to the other detection unit such that the degree of notification is suppressed in comparison to the one notification unit corresponding to the one detection unit.

    Travel control device, vehicle, and travel control method

    公开(公告)号:US11104337B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:US16496430

    申请日:2018-03-16

    发明人: Naoki Takahashi

    IPC分类号: B60W30/14 B60W30/18 B60W30/12

    摘要: Provided are a travel control device, a vehicle, and a travel control method that ensure safety in cases of a possible lane departure. This travel control device is equipped with: a travel control unit that switches between and executes a constant speed travel control for causing a vehicle 1 to travel at a target speed and a coasting control for causing the vehicle to travel by inertia; and a switching control unit that, in cases in which it has been determined by a lane departure warning unit that there is a risk that the vehicle will depart from the travel lane while executing the constant speed travel control or the coasting control, controls the travel control unit to execute the constant speed travel control without executing the coasting control for a prescribed period of time.