US 12,304,443 B2
Driving assistance device
Fumikage Yamanaka, Tokyo (JP); and Naoki Tsuchiya, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/587,958.
Claims priority of application No. 202310461220.3 (CN), filed on Apr. 26, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0359667 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 7/12 (2013.01) [B60K 26/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving assistance device including an operation lever for performing operations of drive force and braking force of a vehicle, wherein
the operation lever is movable, by an operation, to an acceleration region in which the vehicle generates the drive force and a brake region in which the vehicle generates the braking force,
the driving assistance device comprising:
a holder configured to maintain the braking force in a held state, and
a controller configured to set the holder to be held or released in accordance with an operation state of the operation lever and a state of the vehicle, wherein
the controller includes
a first determiner configured to determine whether a vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined vehicle speed threshold, and
a second determiner configured to determine the operation state of the operation lever,
the controller switches from a released state to the held state in a case where a result of the determination by the first determiner is higher than the vehicle speed threshold, and
the controller switches from the released state to the held state in accordance with a result of the second determiner in a case where the result of the determination by the first determiner is equal to or lower than the vehicle speed threshold.