US 11,807,229 B2
Vehicle braking support device and braking support control method
Kei Kamiya, Kariya (JP); Yosuke Ito, Kariya (JP); Takaharu Oguri, Kariya (JP); Takahiro Baba, Kariya (JP); Ryo Takaki, Kariya (JP); and Shinichi Nagata, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,418.
Application 18/049,418 is a continuation of application No. 16/869,531, filed on May 7, 2020, granted, now 11,518,374.
Application 16/869,531 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2018/036724, filed on Oct. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-215148 (JP), filed on Nov. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063170 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 30/18159 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02)] 5 Claims
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1. A vehicle braking support device comprising:
a detection unit that detects a state of surroundings of a host vehicle;
a braking support control unit for executing braking support by a braking device according to the detected state;
a vehicle stop control unit for maintaining a stopped state of a host vehicle after the host vehicle is stopped by the braking support control unit, and for releasing the stopped state of the host vehicle after a predetermined period has elapsed, wherein
in a case where, by using the detected state it is determined that it is desirable to maintain the stopped state of the host vehicle beyond the predetermined period, the vehicle stop control unit does not release the stopped state of the host vehicle; and
a notification unit that notifies a driver on an instrument panel or on a head-up display that the stopped state is being maintained,
the vehicle braking support device further comprising
a recommended stop environment determination unit for determining whether the host vehicle is in a recommended stop environment or a non-recommended stop environment, wherein
for a state in which the host vehicle is in the non-recommended stop environment, the vehicle stop control unit releases the stopped state after the predetermined period has elapsed.