US 11,897,467 B2
Vehicle driving assist apparatus
Takeki Mori, Nagoya (JP); and Yuki Yamaguchi, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/518,839.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-003612 (JP), filed on Jan. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219696 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/12 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/162 (2013.01) [B60W 30/146 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 50/12 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0083 (2013.01); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02); B60W 2554/801 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2554/803 (2020.02); B60W 2554/804 (2020.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle driving assist apparatus, comprising an electronic control unit which (i) executes a following moving control of executing a process of detecting a next lane preceding vehicle which moves ahead of an own vehicle in a lane next to a lane in which the own vehicle moves, and (ii) autonomously controlling a moving speed of the own vehicle so as to maintain a distance between the next lane preceding vehicle and the own vehicle at a predetermined next lane inter-vehicle distance,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to:
suspend executing the following moving control and starts executing a process of measuring an elapsing time which elapses since the electronic control unit suspends executing the following moving control when a control suspending condition that a driver of the own vehicle carries out an accelerating operation of accelerating the own vehicle in order to pass the next lane preceding vehicle, becomes satisfied;
reset the elapsing time and start measuring the elapsing time which elapses since the electronic control unit resets the elapsing time when the own vehicle has passed the next lane preceding vehicle before the elapsing time reaches a predetermined time; and
restart executing the following moving control when a control restarting condition that the elapsing time reaches the predetermined time, is satisfied.