Alert control apparatus and alert control method

    公开(公告)号:US11673569B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-13

    申请号:US17137168

    申请日:2020-12-29

    Inventor: Norio Yamamoto

    Abstract: An alert control apparatus that notifies a driver in advance of a transfer of control relating to a driving operation from an automatic driving function to the driver by controlling an alert device mounted on a vehicle, which is equipped with the automatic driving function, includes: an estimator that estimates an occurrence of a change execution situation that requires a lane change under a condition in which the driving operation of the vehicle is controlled by the automatic driving function; a determiner that determines a level of difficulty of lane change control based on a plurality of travel environment factors in the change execution situation; and a notification device that notifies the driver of a possibility of the transfer of the control together with a reason of the transfer of the control with a notification mode corresponding to the level using the alert device.

    Inter-vehicle management apparatus and inter-vehicle management method

    公开(公告)号:US10535268B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-14

    申请号:US15549371

    申请日:2016-02-01

    Inventor: Norio Yamamoto

    Abstract: An inter-vehicle management apparatus acquires scene information about a driving scene of a host vehicle, estimates the driving scene based on the scene information acquired, acquires behavior information about a driving behavior of the host vehicle driven by the user, determines a driving risk of the host vehicle driven by the user, based on the driving scene estimated and on the behavior information acquired, and controls a presentation of assist information by an information presentation unit in order to prompt the user to address the driving risk. When the driving scene estimated represents a follow-up traveling state of the host vehicle following the preceding vehicle, the assist information to be presented by the information presentation unit is selected based on a magnitude of the driving risk determined before the operation by an emergency control unit.

    Automatic driving proposal device and automatic driving proposal method

    公开(公告)号:US11597410B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US16817294

    申请日:2020-03-12

    Abstract: An automatic driving proposal device or an automatic driving proposal method is used for a vehicle that selects either a state of an automatic driving or a state of a manual driving by an occupant. The automatic driving proposal device or the automatic driving proposal method performs a driving change request to the occupant in the state of the automatic driving, determines whether the automatic driving is possible in the state of the manual driving, calculates a calculation value corresponding to a distance or a prediction time or calculates a change index, and proposes the automatic driving to the occupant on a necessary condition of determining that the automatic driving is possible and also determining that the calculation value is higher than a threshold value or determining that the change index is lower than a threshold value.

    Vehicle speed management apparatus and vehicle speed management method

    公开(公告)号:US10377354B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-13

    申请号:US15549456

    申请日:2016-02-01

    Abstract: A vehicle speed management apparatus acquires scene information about a driving scene of a host vehicle, estimates the driving scene based on the scene information acquired, acquires behavior information about a driving behavior of a user, determines a driving risk of the host vehicle driven by the user, based on the driving scene estimated and on the behavior information acquired, and controls a presentation of assist information by an information presentation unit in order to prompt the user to address the driving risk. When the driving scene estimated represents an independent traveling state of the host vehicle, the assist information to be presented by the information presentation unit is selected based on a magnitude of the driving risk determined before an operation by an emergency control unit.

    Alert control apparatus and alert control method

    公开(公告)号:US10906555B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-02

    申请号:US16072289

    申请日:2016-10-21

    Inventor: Norio Yamamoto

    Abstract: An alert control apparatus that notifies a driver in advance of a transfer of control relating to a driving operation from an automatic driving function to the driver by controlling an alert device mounted on a vehicle, which is equipped with the automatic driving function, includes: an estimator that estimates an occurrence of a change execution situation that requires a lane change under a condition in which the driving operation of the vehicle is controlled by the automatic driving function; a determiner that determines a level of difficulty of lane change control based on a plurality of travel environment factors in the change execution situation; and a notification device that notifies the driver of a possibility of the transfer of the control together with a reason of the transfer of the control with a notification mode corresponding to the level using the alert device.

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