US 12,227,193 B2
Driver assistance system and driver assistance method
Masataka Sano, Tokyo-to (JP); Koichiro Yamauchi, Tokyo-to (JP); and Takuya Sakata, Tokyo-to (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/544,749.
Application 18/544,749 is a continuation of application No. 17/350,055, filed on Jun. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,897,481.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-114150 (JP), filed on Jul. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0123998 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 40/09 (2013.01) [B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); G01C 21/3679 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/21 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driver assistance system comprising:
a navigation device configured to automatically navigate a vehicle based on map information and to search for a resting facility on a route from the map information; and
a voice interaction device configured to automatically determine whether a predetermined condition exists, and when the predetermined condition exists, to automatically interact with a driver by voice and to execute a first interaction of proposing navigation to the resting facility by the navigation device, and
a stimulation device configured to continuously or intermittently apply stimulation to the driver,
wherein the voice interaction device is configured to refrain from executing the first interaction when a traffic jam occurs in a section to the resting facility;
wherein the voice interaction device is configured to execute a second interaction of proposing application of stimulation by the stimulation device; and
wherein the stimulation device is configured to apply vibration stimulation to the driver.