US 12,330,644 B2
Driving support device
Noriaki Kamiya, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/529,662.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-196970 (JP), filed on Dec. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190428 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/143 (2013.01) 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving support device comprising:
a vehicle speed controller configured to perform vehicle speed control;
a system controller configured to perform at least one prerequisite control, wherein it is determined in advance that the at least one prerequisite control is enabled as a prerequisite for starting the vehicle speed control; and
a storage device connected to the vehicle speed controller and configured to store whether or not switching between enabling and disabling is permitted for each of the at least one prerequisite control,
wherein the vehicle speed controller comprises:
determining whether each of the at least one prerequisite control is enabled or disabled in response to an operation of a driver of a vehicle for starting the vehicle speed control;
determining, with reference to the storage device, whether or not enabling of the prerequisite control determined to be disabled is permitted; and
in response to determining that enabling of the prerequisite control determined to be disabled is permitted, enabling the prerequisite control determined to be disabled and starting the vehicle speed control.